The police budget has become a toxic political issue: The few times that Sup. Dean Preston has sought some transparency over the way the cops spend more than $820 million a year, he's been attacked as anti-law-enforcement.
Overall, we found a lack of both internal and external accountability for overtime limit violations and excessive overtime at SFPD. The Department has not taken sufficient steps to enforce its overtime limits.
This is a systematic lack of oversight. What’s clear from the audit is that these aren’t one-off bad decisions.
Cops are taking advantage of the city’s sick-leave programs to avoid weekend shifts, take long weekends—and all too often, calling in sick to then work as private security guards.
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