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$500,000 legal settlement with former Opa-locka Police Chief James Dobson reveals a tale of corruption
The city’s former top cop, in a whistleblower lawsuit alleging wrongful termination, retaliation and political corruption, claims former Mayor Matthew Pigatt and former Commissioners John Riley and the late Alvin Burke, tried to sway police personnel decisions, interfered with investigations, violated the city charter and intimidated officers who enforced the law against friends and relatives. […]