ELIZABETH — Up to 30 Elizabeth police officers are being investigated for allegedly getting paid for no-show jobs with the city's housing authority, according to a report by News 12 New Jersey.

The officers took extra-duty jobs at Elizabeth's four senior housing complexes, but they were repeatedly paid for hours they didn't work, sources told News 12. Investigators used surveillance cameras to verify that the officers were not working when they should have been, the report said.

Six of the accused officers are members of the city's narcotics division, according to the report, and those six — five detectives and one sergeant — will be investigated by the Union County Prosecutor's Office, the report said.

Several of the detectives were accused of using confidential informants to sign false time sheets, and a few have already been demoted, according to the report.

Reached tonight by phone, a spokesman for the prosecutor said the office was aware of the situation, but could not comment on it.

The other two dozen officers are likely to be investigated and disciplined by the Elizabeth Police Department, the report said, allowing them to likely avoid criminal charges.

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