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One Oakland police officer made $490,000 in overtime. The city can’t find records detailing much of what he did (oaklandside.org)
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[–] justsomeguy@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lieutenant Timothy Dolan, a 26-year veteran who leads the traffic unit and serves as vice president of the OPOA police union, was paid $493,247 in overtime in 2024. Combined with his salary and other pay, this netted him a $711,000 paycheck, making him OPD’s highest-paid employee — a title he’s held for several years now. His pay was almost double that of the chief of police and nearly three times the mayor’s paycheck. His total compensation, including pension and healthcare benefits, was $879,000.

Dolan spent over 800 hours of overtime in 2024 reviewing collision reports — the equivalent of about five months of work in a normal full-time job. This was particularly expensive for the city because Dolan, due to his rank, is near the top of OPD’s salary scale. Spreading out the work among other officers during normal shift times could have been cheaper.

He's having himself a giggle.

[–] rollerbang@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Reviewing collision reports... Hihihi