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NewsNovember 8, 2024

Atlanta-Area Sheriff Requests Additional $2 Million to Pay Overtime for Deputies

“When we start paying comp time, we’ve already lost over 60 people with respect to when we stopped paying double time,” Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat said.

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NewsJuly 29, 2024

Personnel Shortage Forces San Francisco Officers to Work "Unsustainable" Overtime

A spokesperson for the police union said that the overtime cap for the police department has been repeatedly increased over the past few years, and is now at 2,000 (hours), with overages beyond that allowed in certain circumstances.

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NewsSeptember 11, 2023

New York City to Cut Police Overtime to Pay for Migrant Care

Mayor Eric Adams' administration has informed the city's police, fire, corrections and sanitation departments that they must submit an overtime pay reduction plan and begin tracking progress each month, City Hall said.

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NewsAugust 24, 2023

CA Deputy Earned More Than $400K in Overtime Last Year

The deputy, a public safety monitor at San Francisco City Hall, was on duty an average of 95 hours a week since 2016, and more than 100 hours a week over the last two fiscal years, according to city data.

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NewsJuly 25, 2023

NYPD K-9 Handlers Sue for Overtime Pay for Dog Care

The eight officers — all lieutenants and sergeants who either currently or formerly worked as K-9 officers — want the city to pay them for the time they spend training and grooming the dogs at home.

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Newsby Wayne ParhamApril 12, 2023

NC Chief asks City Council to Cut Sworn Positions to Boost Officer Pay

Greensboro (NC) Police Chief John Thompson wants the city council to reduce his number of sworn officers and use the funds to better pay his existing officers and improve recruitment chances.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 30, 2021

LAPD's Budget was Slashed, Now City Owes Officers $47 Million in Unpaid OT

During the budget year that ended June 30, LAPD officers worked more than 680,000 overtime hours for which they have not yet been compensated.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 11, 2021

Crime, Chauvin Trial Security Have Exhausted Minneapolis PD's OT Budget

Through the end of May, MPD has used $5.2 million in overtime, with $2.9 million spent during Operation Safety Net surrounding the Derek Chauvin trial.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 15, 2021

Los Angeles Mayor Reaches Tentative Deal with LAPD Union for $245 Million in Overtime Pay

To get the union to postpone two pay raises, Garcetti has offered officers at the LAPD a minimum of $70 million in overtime pay in each of the next three budget years. On top of that, officers would be permitted in the final year of the contract to cash out as much as $35 million in overtime pay for hours they’ve already worked, but have not been compensated.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 4, 2020

Portland Protests Causing Millions in Overtime Costs for Police

The total overtime costs for the Portland Police Bureau through late July—the end of the last pay period—is almost $5.4 million. Further, accrued "comp time" will cost around $1.2 million.

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