The Chronicle‘s Lindsay Wise reports that HPD has revised a policy on overtime (and paperwork):
The Houston Police Department will revise its payroll policies after an audit and media reports criticized the department’s lax procedures for monitoring officers’ overtime and outside employment.
Starting Nov. 1, HPD will require all officers to complete a weekly report documenting all regular and overtime hours worked, including extra jobs outside the department and time taken off.
The report will consolidate all the information on a single piece of paper, making it easier for supervisors to track the total time worked by their officers, many of whom work long hours with HPD and then supplement that income with depart- ment-approved private security jobs.
“It’s a user-friendly tool for them to have all the information in one place so they can get a snapshot picture of what their officers are doing,” said HPD’s general counsel, Craig Ferrell.
All problems can be solved with just a little more paperwork! Right?
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