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Metro Board adopts mandatory-overtime general order as staffing backstop
Summary
After staff described legal limits and seniority rules, the Metro Board approved creating a general order to permit limited mandatory overtime in specified circumstances, with statutory exemptions acknowledged by the department.
The Metro Board approved a general order to allow limited mandatory overtime as a staffing backstop when shifts cannot be filled voluntarily.
Assistant Chief (identified in the meeting as assistant chief) explained legal constraints and seniority-based ordering: “Even myself as the assistant chief, I I I can get a mandate.” Staff emphasized exemptions under statute and that mandatory assignments would follow a seniority rotation and explicit exceptions (vacation, sick leave, statutory exemptions). The chief said the department wanted the order as a fallback and hoped never to use mandatory assignments frequently.
Board members voted in favor of adopting the general order by voice vote. Members framed the policy as an operational necessity to ensure a supervisor is present on each shift and to protect officers from excessive unplanned overtime.
