The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) unilaterally decided to exceed public employee overtime limits, leading to scrutiny during a Board of Supervisors meeting. The Board voted on reallocating over $80 million from salaries to overtime while questioning the SFPD's practice of permitting officers to work excessive extra hours, especially in private security roles. Assistant Chief David Lazar indicated that some enforcement of overtime rules was temporarily suspended during the pandemic, but post-pandemic clarity revealed a lack of official documentation for that suspension, raising legal and financial concerns for the police department.
The SFPD decided to suspend overtime rules independently, leading to significant overspending and violating guidelines initially set to control extra work hours for officers.
The Board of Supervisors expressed concern over the SFPD's actions, questioning the legality of allowing officers to exceed overtime limits and defy established agreements.
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