By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee

Five uniformed employees of the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office are under investigation in connection with using online education from unaccredited sources to qualify for higher pay.

A survey of officers’ credentials began following questions about the educational credentials of Stan Perez, a CHP officer who had been a candidate for Sheriff until he dropped out of the race last year.

Stan Perez

“We said we better make sure we don’t have the same problem,” said Sheriff Fred Kollar.

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