In the end, we were -5 with two on OT. Over time is harder and harder to come buy. All shifts and precincts are asking. After two years, few officers are offering up more than one or two shifts a week.
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At what point does it just stop working?
Posted by: Ralph Boyd | April 29, 2022 at 04:33 AM
When I started, a big overtime guy said if you get one OT shift per pay period (two weeks), you're doing pretty good. Over the years (last 10 years or more), with less staffing, I've heard of people working 50 to 80 hours of OT per pay period. Sometimes they've come to rely on OT for everyday living too. And that's the danger of OT.
As far as the current problem of being able to find people to work OT, that's the danger of burnout and people developing behaviors that gets them jammed up.
Sometimes it seems like management doesn't seem to grasp that it's a no win situation for both the officer and the organization. But what can you do with a mucked up Pond. That's my two cents.
Posted by: Straight Pipe | April 29, 2022 at 12:38 PM