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| Overtime bill tops $9 million |
| By The Dallas Morning News |
| Published: 01/16/2008 |
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TEXAS - The Dallas County Sheriff's Department continues to spend millions of dollars on overtime to meet state jail-staffing requirements. Sheriff Lupe Valdez's department spent more than $9 million on overtime at the five jails during fiscal 2007, according to a report made public Tuesday by the county auditor's office. Some [officers] volunteered to work long hours to make up for staffing shortages, doubling their salaries with overtime. In fiscal 2006, the department spent $9.4 million on jail overtime, which at the time was the most anyone could recall being spent. In 2005, the department spent $5.3 million on overtime. In 2004, it came to $1.7 million. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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