On November 5, Kemberly Fields, former law officer and president of Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA) Local 300, was found guilty by a jury in the Texas 176th Criminal District Court (Harris County) for theft from the Houston union. Two days later, on November 7, she was sentenced to three years of home confinement and ordered to pay $5,644.40 in restitution plus a $5,000 fine. The sentencing follows an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.
