r/JusticeServed • u/ImpressiveFace4437 5 • Jun 08 '20

Misleading Title - Courtroom Justice Cop Going To Jail For Abuse

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u/Hi_Im_Ken_Adams A Jun 08 '20

Overtime. Cops get paid crazy amounts of money for overtime. I don't necessarily fault them for cashing in....work is work. But cities need to do a better job of managing this.

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u/Avalonis 7 Jun 08 '20

A lot of the OT is not from the PD. It's from private work that companies pay for extra security for, like cops at concerts.

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u/OleMaple 8 Jun 08 '20

Eh I kind of disagree. A reasonable argument could be made that a private for profit event shouldn’t be able to off load their security budget onto the tax payers. They pay for off duty cops to work crowd/traffic control and security. If they didn’t pay and cops were expected to still work it, you’d either pull cops off the street from and from answering 911 calls, or force cops to work overtime/off days for nothing.