Sacramento Police spend millions on overtime each year. Should it be investigated?

City unions urge Oakland to get police overtime spending under control

City unions urge Oakland to get police overtime spending under control For years, OPD has blown past its overtime budget, a major factor in the city’s budget deficits.

Sacramento Police spend millions on overtime each year. Should it be investigated?

SACRAMENTO — Sacramento’s Police Department routinely pays more than $15 million in overtime each year — totaling more than $100 million in the last decade — yet elected officials have not committed to an audit of the spending.