City tightens overtime policies in wake of double-dipping detective
The city of Kingston, located in New York's Hudson Valley region, recently approved measures to tighten authorization and recording regulations related to police overtime in the wake of a double-dipping scandal, according to the Times-Herald Record.
An audit conducted by the New York Office of the Comptroller found that one of the city's former detectives had double-dipped 16 times between June 2009 and August of last year. Tim Matthews was allowed to approve his own overtime at the city's police department, and also scheduled his own security hours for the school district.
As a result of the policy changes, police department personnel are no longer permitted to approve or authorize their own overtime, and employees must sign in and out of police headquarters at the beginning and end of each overtime shift, the newspaper reported.
Additionally, the Comptroller's Office is conducting payroll audits for 12 other employees who moonlighted as security guards.
Last month, two officers who worked privately for a school while on the payroll of New Mexico's Hobbs Police Department were found to have taken home almost a week's worth of extra wages between September 2008 and December 2009, according to the New Mexico Watchdog.
An audit conducted by the New York Office of the Comptroller found that one of the city's former detectives had double-dipped 16 times between June 2009 and August of last year. Tim Matthews was allowed to approve his own overtime at the city's police department, and also scheduled his own security hours for the school district.
As a result of the policy changes, police department personnel are no longer permitted to approve or authorize their own overtime, and employees must sign in and out of police headquarters at the beginning and end of each overtime shift, the newspaper reported.
Additionally, the Comptroller's Office is conducting payroll audits for 12 other employees who moonlighted as security guards.
Last month, two officers who worked privately for a school while on the payroll of New Mexico's Hobbs Police Department were found to have taken home almost a week's worth of extra wages between September 2008 and December 2009, according to the New Mexico Watchdog.
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