In recent years, dozens of officers worked more than 1,000 hours of overtime annually. Experts say these levels of extra work can lead to accidents and poor decision making in use of force situations.
Sure whatever. That’s not what’s being discussed here though.
It would be cheaper for them to hire additional staff instead of paying for overtime.
What they would do with the saved money is another matter. They could have bought tanks to oppress the orphans or they could’ve bought magical Linux unicorns for the children of Gaza.
It doesn’t matter, the point is that paying that much for overtime is more expensive than hiring an additional cop or two.
You are joking but just hiring more cops would be cheaper
it’s not though. cops keep getting more budget than they can use, so instead they militarize and use their toys on innocent people during crackdowns
Sure whatever. That’s not what’s being discussed here though.
It would be cheaper for them to hire additional staff instead of paying for overtime. What they would do with the saved money is another matter. They could have bought tanks to oppress the orphans or they could’ve bought magical Linux unicorns for the children of Gaza.
It doesn’t matter, the point is that paying that much for overtime is more expensive than hiring an additional cop or two.