On the heels of the suspension of six Baltimore City Police officers amid allegations of overtime fraud, Frances Hamilton, 44, a five-year veteran, says she was fired in retaliation for reporting similar abuses in her unit.

On Jan. 26, a police trial boardruled Hamilton, a former member of the Accident Investigation Unit, had falsified eight resident contact forms ? paper receipts that officers are required to give civilians after a traffic stop or arrest. The board terminated her.