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digitalPhonix 31 minutes ago [-]
I knew before opening the page that it was someone in the police department.
I remember talking to a Seattle PD officer about how they could consistently earn more overtime hours in fortnight than there are in a fortnight with the right schedule/time-off choreography with everyone else in the department. And that’s on top of their “regular” hours.
In my experience, it's not so typical in the 3rd world to provide such a detailed level of transparency to be critiqued.
lifestyleguru 2 hours ago [-]
In the 3rd world everyone knows anyway. Jealousy is even stronger force than transparency laws.
greggoB 1 hours ago [-]
That's clearly not the point - it's not a function of everyone knowing, but rather a function of the attempt to cover it up. Waving defeatism as some kind of universal truth is neither particularly enlightening nor useful.
fakedang 3 hours ago [-]
And here I thought the Asian police were corrupt as fuck.
greggoB 2 hours ago [-]
It's not clear to me that this is a result of corruption - the article notes that a big driver is overtime pay, and that SF has struggled with hiring in recent years, which could be a legitimate cause.
Also note about the mayor: "Lurie is required to receive that salary, but donates nearly all of it back to the government, accepting a net pay of $1 for the calendar year".
fakedang 1 hours ago [-]
There were a number of reports and observations some years back of NYPD officers gaming overtime pay to pay themselves more, in some cases even claiming it while doing other jobs (like bouncer duty, private protection, etc).
I remember talking to a Seattle PD officer about how they could consistently earn more overtime hours in fortnight than there are in a fortnight with the right schedule/time-off choreography with everyone else in the department. And that’s on top of their “regular” hours.
Also note about the mayor: "Lurie is required to receive that salary, but donates nearly all of it back to the government, accepting a net pay of $1 for the calendar year".
No shade against the mayor.