The San Francisco Police Department's budget has escalated from $650 million to $850 million, yet they seek more funds to address overtime costs. Despite Mayor Daniel Lurie’s commitment to fully fund the police, supervisors are increasingly questioning the department's growing overtime expenses, which totaled $108 million last year. Concerns have arisen about few officers accruing most of the overtime, with an alarming increase in hours worked. The 10B program allows officers to take private security jobs, potentially leading to abuses where they call in sick yet work elsewhere, raising ethical issues in the budget process.
Last year, the department spent $108 million on overtime. "There's a troubling pattern of potential abuse," Walton said.
Nicolas Menard, a principal with the Budget and Legislative Analyst's Office, told the Budget and Appropriations Committee that overtime has tripled in the past five years.
Walton and Sup. Jackie Fielder raised an issue that's not often discussed in the police budget process: the so-called 10B program, that allows officers to work on their own time for private companies.
In fact, the Budget and Legislative Analyst found examples where officers were calling in sick and then taking private 10B gigs.
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