But total
police overtime spending rose slightly, to nearly $ 67.8 million because police personnel are making higher salaries under a new labor deal, officials said.
Not exact matches
He proposed eliminating all of the $ 13.5 million
spent on
police overtime to fund neighborhood initiatives.
Acting Nassau
Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder, the county executive's pick to permanently lead the department, vowed Wednesday to keep focused on reducing crime, decreasing
overtime spending, and starting a community -
policing initiative.
The data highlight the long - running struggle in Nassau and Suffolk to bring down
police overtime, which accounts for about half of all
overtime spending in each county.
In the meantime, if you're concerned about the crime in your neighborhood, the lack of proper response time to your
police calls, the $ 13 million
spent on
overtime or just the overall violence in Syracuse, please tell the mayoral candidates that you want them to fully staff the
police department.
Spending on
overtime by Suffolk County
police jumped by $ 8 million to nearly $ 38 million in 2014, according to year - end
police department data.
Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda says the mayor has been willing to
spend millions of dollars on
overtime to get officers on the street, producing a continuing drop in crime.
In Suffolk, payroll costs for 3,767
police officers, detectives, supervisors and civilian employees rose by $ 29 million last year due to contractual raises, increased
overtime spending and retirement payouts.
Other agencies heavily reliant on
overtime include Veterans» Homes, which
spent 10.5 percent of agency pay on
overtime, State
Police, which
spent 6 percent on
overtime, and the Department of Transportation, which
spent 5.7 percent of agency pay on
overtime.
During the two and a half hour hearing Bratton also explained that he wants to hire more than 1,000 new
police officers and
spend up to $ 30 million in
overtime costs to retrain officers and supervisors on how to verbally and physical engage suspects.