Overtime abuse at the BPD

BIG DOLLARS, LITTLE OVERSIGHT Police officers making more than $200,000 a year, over half of it in overtime. Patrol officers who make few arrests pulling down more than the mayor. Lieutenants and sergeants making $100/hour via overtime work directing traffic at parades. Some of our findings after a comprehensive look at Baltimore's steadily rising spending for police overtime.

Baltimore Police failed to monitor excessive overtime or institute promised reforms, state auditor finds

One police officer averaged 37.3 hours of overtime per week in 2022 and, unchallenged by supervisors, collected $265,609 in pay.

Baltimore IG: Police officers allowed to take paid leave and overtime simultaneously

Permitted for years under union agreements, the practice “could be perceived as wasteful,” the Inspector General says. BPD: We are seeking to revise the practice in collective bargaining.

How to fix police overtime in Baltimore: some ideas

The solution is pretty old-school: Give the BPD a budget and make them stick to it, reporter Mark Reutter explained, in an interview with WYPR’s Sheila Kast.

Police Winnebago on Fallstaff Road is gone

No word from Baltimore Police on where they took the “command vehicle” that some called a crime deterrent and others called a waste of resources.

By failing to police police overtime, Baltimore’s leaders are failing us all

Baltimore Brew’s series shows how spiraling police spending is wasting resources our city can ill-afford to squander. (Op-Ed)

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Baltimore Police overtime data – two spreadsheets

Some of the kings and queens of police overtime in Baltimore

Large houses in the suburbs. A 535% overtime boost. Low productivity. Some of the findings of our investigation. (Part 3 of 4)

Lieutenants and sergeants lead the overtime parade

PART 2: A concession by the O’Malley administration helped lead to today’s spiking overtime.

“House cats” and “G-days”: A look at the overtime culture at the Baltimore Police Department

PART 1: We talked to officers and ran the numbers to document the massive abuse of overtime permitted by the agency.