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SFPD asks committee to cover overtime shortfall, pledges changes to avoid repeat request
Summary
The San Francisco Police Department told the Budget & Finance Committee it needs supplemental funding to cover overtime driven by training, arrests and investigations, and will request an additional $2.8 million while committing to management changes and restored training funding.
The San Francisco Police Department asked the Budget & Finance Committee on Thursday to approve supplemental budget moves to cover rising overtime costs, citing accelerated hiring, expanded training and higher investigative workload.
Chief Scott told the committee that salary-savings — from delayed promotions, step-timing and vacancies — can be applied to offset overtime overages, but that several overtime categories have grown. He said arrest-related overtime is projected to total about 52,299 hours for the fiscal year and that investigative overtime is also substantial; homicides and other major investigations are a driver of the investigative hours. "You won't see us with this request this time next year," Chief Scott said,…
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