Overtime

Cincinatti.com:

The Cincinnati Police Department is spending nearly as much on overtime pay as the rest of city government at a time when more than 100 officers face layoffs due to the city's $51.5 million budget gap.

From January through November, police earned $7 million in overtime, much of it for court appearances or to staff sporting events, concerts, festivals and community meetings, city records show.

During that 11-month period, 238 police officers and civilian staffers among the department's roughly 1,400 employees earned more than $10,000 in overtime, allowing some to increase their base pay 20 percent or more.

HT: Nick Gillespie.