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Glendale proposes $4 million police overtime increase as staffing levels change; council debates whether added officers will cut overtime
Summary
Staff told council that fully staffing police reduced vacancy savings and revealed persistent overtime needs; staff proposed a $4 million increase to the police overtime budget, while council members said hiring additional officers should reduce overtime demand over time.
City staff told the Glendale City Council that overtime across public safety departments has been a long‑running driver of higher expenditures and that a change in staffing levels has uncovered the true overtime costs for police.
Staff presented five years of overtime budget‑to‑actuals and said the police overtime budget was historically underfunded. John Tocalian, acting finance director, said that in 2024–25 the city budgeted $5.3 million for overtime but spent…
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