SFPD, Sheriff's Department face scrutiny over  possible overtime abuse
NBC Bay Area
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Here's NBC"}, {'start': '19.439', 'end': '24.240', 'text': 'Barry as Sio Canana.'}, {'start': '22.400', 'end': '25.760', 'text': 'For a few years now, the San Francisco'}, {'start': '24.240', 'end': '27.439', 'text': 'Police Department has been trying to'}, {'start': '25.760', 'end': '29.199', 'text': 'manage through a shortage of police'}, {'start': '27.439', 'end': '32.160', 'text': 'officers. According to the latest'}, {'start': '29.199', 'end': '34.800', 'text': 'numbers, the department is short 525'}, {'start': '32.160', 'end': '36.960', 'text': 'sworn personnel. Overtime has been the'}, {'start': '34.800', 'end': '38.719', 'text': 'way it has filled its shifts, and it'}, {'start': '36.960', 'end': '41.360', 'text': 'seems to be working. Crime in the city'}, {'start': '38.719', 'end': '43.280', 'text': 'is at historic lows. But a December'}, {'start': '41.360', 'end': '45.680', 'text': 'audit found some troubling practices'}, {'start': '43.280', 'end': '47.440', 'text': "within the department's overtime system."}, {'start': '45.680', 'end': '49.120', 'text': "Here's one of the authors of that audit"}, {'start': '47.440', 'end': '53.039', 'text': 'describing one of the most egregious'}, {'start': '49.120', 'end': '54.840', 'text': 'examples. Taking sick time earlier, like'}, {'start': '53.039', 'end': '57.760', 'text': 'say in the morning on your regular'}, {'start': '54.840', 'end': '60.239', 'text': 'shift, that causes backfill. and then'}, {'start': '57.760', 'end': '63.199', 'text': 'you go work a voluntary 10B assignment'}, {'start': '60.239', 'end': '65.360', 'text': 'and then seeing that not just once but'}, {'start': '63.199', 'end': '67.760', 'text': '25 times in a calendar year by the same'}, {'start': '65.360', 'end': '69.680', 'text': 'person. A 10B assignment is part of an'}, {'start': '67.760', 'end': '72.000', 'text': 'SFPD program that allows private'}, {'start': '69.680', 'end': '74.159', 'text': 'businesses to pay for a sworn officer to'}, {'start': '72.000', 'end': '76.640', 'text': 'stand guard, usually at a storefront or'}, {'start': '74.159', 'end': '78.400', 'text': 'big event. Supervisor Jackie Fielder has'}, {'start': '76.640', 'end': '80.240', 'text': 'been a vocal critic of that program.'}, {'start': '78.400', 'end': '82.560', 'text': 'officers are moonlighting as private'}, {'start': '80.240', 'end': '86.159', 'text': 'security when if they are willing and'}, {'start': '82.560', 'end': '88.080', 'text': 'and able to perform their duties, they'}, {'start': '86.159', 'end': '90.159', 'text': 'should be serving San Franciscans. But'}, {'start': '88.080', 'end': '91.759', 'text': 'issues with time cards and approvals'}, {'start': '90.159', 'end': '93.920', 'text': 'also raise concerns from city'}, {'start': '91.759', 'end': '96.159', 'text': 'supervisors like Matt Dorsy, who are'}, {'start': '93.920', 'end': '98.320', 'text': 'usually vocal supporters of the police.'}, {'start': '96.159', 'end': '100.479', 'text': 'At the hearing, Assistant Chief David'}, {'start': '98.320', 'end': '103.439', 'text': 'Lazar acknowledged the shortcomings, but'}, {'start': '100.479', 'end': '105.600', 'text': 'said the department has completed 85% of'}, {'start': '103.439', 'end': '108.159', 'text': 'the recommendations made by the auditors'}, {'start': '105.600', 'end': '110.000', 'text': "thanks to new policies and staff. We're"}, {'start': '108.159', 'end': '112.159', 'text': 'thankful we now have a a compliance'}, {'start': '110.000', 'end': '114.159', 'text': 'unit, overtime compliance unit. We'}, {'start': '112.159', 'end': '116.799', 'text': "didn't have that before. We're able to"}, {'start': '114.159', 'end': '119.759', 'text': 'look at that much closer. This scrutiny'}, {'start': '116.799', 'end': '121.439', 'text': "of the SFPD's overtime spending comes as"}, {'start': '119.759', 'end': '124.240', 'text': 'the entire city of San Francisco is'}, {'start': '121.439', 'end': '126.479', 'text': 'facing a massive budget shortfall. The'}, {'start': '124.240', 'end': '129.119', 'text': 'mayor is asking nearly every department'}, {'start': '126.479', 'end': '131.520', 'text': "to cut their budgets. I don't see how we"}, {'start': '129.119', 'end': '135.360', 'text': 'can continue to accommodate this growth'}, {'start': '131.520', 'end': '137.599', 'text': 'and overtime spending without some some'}, {'start': '135.360', 'end': '141.920', 'text': 'some feedback from from the leadership'}, {'start': '137.599', 'end': '144.720', 'text': 'to tell us how can we do le more with I'}, {'start': '141.920', 'end': '146.239', 'text': "wouldn't say less but flat. The budget"}, {'start': '144.720', 'end': '148.239', 'text': 'committee did advance the overtime'}, {'start': '146.239', 'end': '150.640', 'text': 'request to the full board but without'}, {'start': '148.239', 'end': '152.959', 'text': 'any recommendation for approval in San'}, {'start': '150.640', 'end': '155.120', 'text': 'Francisco. Serhu Kintana, NBC Bay Area'}, {'start': '152.959', 'end': '155.120', 'text': 'News.'}]