A former San Diego police officer pleaded guilty to taking funds from a police program dedicated to school safety and using the money on personal expenses. Prosecutors say Curtis Doll, 42, took around $4,000 from the police department’s School Safety Patrol Program, a crossing guard program aim ed at helping elementary school students safely cross the street at uncontrolled intersections near schools throughout the city. Doll then used the funds on a variety of personal purchases such as clothing and car tires, among other items that were bought with money taken from a bank account used to fund the program, prosecutors said. Investigators served a warrant at Doll’s home last year and on Friday, he pleaded guilty to the lone felony count filed against him, fraudulent appropriation by a public officer. SDPD Lt. Cesar Jimenez, the department’s public information officer, confirmed Monday that Doll is no longer a member of the department. Doll is slated to be sentenced next month. The fraudulent appropriation by a public officer count carries a maximum possible penalty of three years in custody. Doll’s guilty plea does not involve a stipulated sentence, but a District Attorney’s Office representative said the sentence will involve at minimum two years of formal probation and full payment of restitution. ...read more read less