Top Chula Vista cop, partner in dispute

A business partner has accused Chula Vista Police Chief David Bejarano of writing fraudulent checks on the private security firm's account, an allegation that the city forwarded to the District Attorney's Office. City policy prohibits police officers from owning or working for private security firms in Chula Vista, and Bejarano's efforts to dissociate himself from Chula Vista-based Presidential Security are at the root of the business partners' dispute. Bejarano co-owns Presidential Security Services with former Donovan State Prison guard Art Moreno. Bejarano stepped down as president of the company in August when he became police chief. About that time, he also curtailed his duties at the firm and wanted his name removed from advertising, marketing and other public material. After Moreno succeeded Bejarano as president, the company's bank insisted that Bejarano no longer write checks on the firm's account, Moreno said. The chief wrote and signed several thousand dollars' worth of checks on the account after he had stepped down, according to the complaint made to the city in April. Posted in: Check Fraud