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Nevada Department of Corrections cites training and hospital coverage for rise in overtime costs
Summary
During the Board of Examiners meeting March 11, Nevada Department of Corrections officials told the board rising overtime stems from cadets in training, expanded hospital coverage and higher minimum staffing even as vacancy rates fell.
Governor Joe Lombardo and members of the State of Nevada Board of Examiners pressed the Nevada Department of Corrections on March 11 about why overtime costs have risen even as the department's vacancy rate fell.
Brian Williams, senior deputy director of operations for the Nevada Department of Corrections, told the board that multiple factors are driving higher overtime: recruits hired months before academy start dates cannot staff posts while in training; expanded hospital-coverage duties require officers to accompany incarcerated people to outside medical appointments; and the department has increased minimum staffing and security functions to respond to…
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