Back in January, I wrote about the deputy police chief of the Towson University police force, who earned $94,558 on his day job but also worked in two other places.

Charles J. Herring was in charge of scheduling security at the Bel Air Cinema Stadium 14 in Abingdon and he worked out of his home as a lawyer. Twice he defended people charged in crimes who had been arrested by Harford County sheriff's deputies.

The story raised questions about whether a police official in one jurisdiction could and should represent people arrested by police in a neighboring jurisdiction, especially when he also worked security in that county.

Police union officials objected to the multiple jobs, saying they posed obvious conflicts. The Harford County State's Attorney said the situation, "doesn't look clean," and the Harford County Sheriff said he would instruct his deputies to withhold information from Herring if he called them for help on behalf of the cinema.

It's been more than six months and police union officials are complaining nothing has been done. They sent me these two letters that they've submitted: