Police department cuts employee attendance for speeding, DUI patrol
In an effort to comply with its tight budget for the next fiscal year, the police department of Lubbock, Texas, is cutting the time and attendance requirements for patrols tasked with enforcing speeding and drunken driving laws, according to the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.
"To be able to provide the other services (such as emergency response), we had to reduce somewhere," said Sergeant John Hayes, as quoted by the news source.
Expenditures related to overtime are expected to decrease significantly after October 1, when officers will be assigned a total of 1,550 hours. The department expects to foot $143,000 for the special patrols, which it will add to the $71,500 it received from the state. In previous years, officers averaged more than 2,100 hours of special patrols, funded by $200,000 of its own money and a $100,000 grant.
The city's police overtime spiked at $1.8 million in 2009 due to a shortage of officers, according to a separate article by the news source.
"To be able to provide the other services (such as emergency response), we had to reduce somewhere," said Sergeant John Hayes, as quoted by the news source.
Expenditures related to overtime are expected to decrease significantly after October 1, when officers will be assigned a total of 1,550 hours. The department expects to foot $143,000 for the special patrols, which it will add to the $71,500 it received from the state. In previous years, officers averaged more than 2,100 hours of special patrols, funded by $200,000 of its own money and a $100,000 grant.
The city's police overtime spiked at $1.8 million in 2009 due to a shortage of officers, according to a separate article by the news source.
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