Jackson Jambalaya

Must assume he is handling "the bad" or "the ugly," and "the good" will be addressed by a speaker to be named.

Still working on the counties dime eh?

Do you think Graham is smart enough to appreciate the irony?

Serious question. Isn't it against the law to impersonate a law enforcement official? Can one of the attorneys that frequent here comment.

Anyone remember this story that KF broke here on JJ last May?

JJ Headline: State issues $45,736 demand against Robert Graham
(Jackson, Miss.) Special agents with the State Auditor’s Office served a demand today against Robert Graham, a member of the Hinds County Board of Supervisors and former City of Jackson employee, for $45,736.05 for wages he received from the City of Jackson while conducting dispatcher certification classes. The courses were taught during regular work hours when Graham indicated on his City of Jackson timesheets that he had been at work.

While Graham has whined to any media outlet that would listen -- especially to the Fondren Bugle -- that he is going to fight the demand AND that he is the victim of some type of GOP led smear, GRAHAM HAS NEVER DENIED to any media source I can locate the base charge that he conducted the courses while also indicating on timesheets that he was concurrently hard at work on his civilian job with JPD.

So now let's flashback to the February 10, 2004 meeting of the Cape May County (New Jersey) Board of Chosen Freeholders. At the outset of that meeting County Freeholder Ralph Sheets (himself a former Police Chief of 28 years) read the following letter into the record of the board meeting.

The letter is from "Lieutenant" Robert Graham of the Jackson Police Department in Jackson, Mississippi.

“Director Sheets, I’d like to take this time to commend Director Gary Schaffer, Director of Cape May County Police Academy, for an outstanding job with the Cape May Police Academy. While in New Jersey on January 26th and 27th 2004 to instruct a class on crisis call handling, one of the first things I noticed other than five feet of snow was the cleanliness of the facility. The building was spotless. I work for three training companies as well as the Jackson Training Police Academy and I have never seen a facility as remarkable as Cape May County Police Academy. Mr. Schaffer is beyond professional and the classroom was prepared before my arrival and I was treated with much respect. I was given what I am accustomed to being from the South and that is Mississippi hospitality. There is not a doubt that the Cape May Police Academy is one of the best in the Country and Mr. Shaffer and his staff are to be recognized. Thank you so much for making my visit to New Jersey a memorable one. I derived great pleasure from it and if I in any way can return the favor, please let me know.

Sincerely,

Robert Graham
"Lieutenant" Jackson Police Department.

In case you are curious, January 26th 2004 was a MONDAY and the 27th a TUESDAY.

Wow, I think he used "Rocket Fuel" to move so quickly between both states on the same day.

Robert Graham was never a Police Lieutenant or a Police Officer. He was a Reserve Officer, who managed to obtain the "title" of Lt within that group of community minded persons. I do not recall Graham ever actually working in the Precincts as the other Reserve Officers were required to do. After being assigned to the Public Information Office, he was allowed to masquerade as a police officer by Bracey Coleman and Robert Moore.
Setting aside Graham's fraudulent behavior, he was a pretty good radio dispatcher.