One Oakland police officer made $490k in overtime

Re:One Oakland police officer made $490k in overtime by roksprok on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @11:45AM (#49347448)

Did you read the article? The head of the union billed 800 hours of overtime for reviewing traffic reports that could have been reviewed by lower level officers for a fraction of the cost. There was no tracking of how many reports he actually reviewed. Overtime has gone up even as staffing has. It's clear the system is being abused.

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Re:One Oakland police officer made $490k in overtime by xp84 on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @12:02PM (#49347770)

I'm betting it looked something like this, repeated every day for who knows how many years:

- [Fetch reports]

- "Select All"

- "Mark as Reviewed"

- Log 7 hours of OT

- Go home

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Re:One Oakland police officer made $490k in overtime by datakan on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @11:47AM (#49347486)

>that could have been reviewed by lower level officers for a fraction of the cost.

Did you read it? They are understaffed by hundreds of officers. What lower level officers are going to do it when it's all hands on deck to keep the ship afloat?

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Re:One Oakland police officer made $490k in overtime by AngryData on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @11:56AM (#49347647)

According to the cops they are understaffed. I don't believe them at all, they are US cops making more money than top level surgeons and doing overtime "reviewing traffic reports." It is no secret that US cops are corrupt and criminal as fuck.

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Re:One Oakland police officer made $490k in overtime by stonogo on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @11:51AM (#49347560)

Probably one of the lower level officers who billed hundreds of hours less overtime than the union head.

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