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Finance panel approves $350,000 transfer to cover police overtime; chief cites vacancies and new tracking software
Summary
The committee approved a $350,000 transfer into the police overtime account. Holyoke Police Department leaders said vacancies, injured-on-duty officers and mandated training have driven high overtime; the department plans a staffing-tracking software subscription and an aggressive recruiting campaign.
The Holyoke City Finance Committee approved a transfer of $350,000 into the police overtime account to help the department manage staffing shortfalls and rising overtime costs.
Councilors voted to move $350,000 from patrolmen, sergeants and dispatch salary lines into overtime. The chief of the Holyoke Police Department told the committee the shift would “get us to 1.2 for the year” and help cover overtime pressures driven by vacancies,…
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