Readers respond: Washington County Sheriff’s Office must control overtime

Overtime hours continue to pile up for Michigan’s corrections officers, union calls it “not sustainable”

COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Despite efforts to beef up staff in Michigan’s prisons, officials with the union representing corrections officers say mandatory overtime is putting a strain on its members, including those at the Lakeland Correctional Facility in Coldwater. According to data obtained by MLive, from 2013 to 2023, overtime hours have nearly doubled. Officers worked a total of j2.3 million hours in 2023, up from just over 1.4 million hours o…

Sheriff’s Office Personnel Budget Overran By $3.9 Million - The Rhino Times of Greensboro

Brought to you by the Rhino Times The Guilford County Sheriff’s Office recently overshot its personnel budget by an eye-popping $3.9 million, but it’s not because of extravagant new programs or expensive equipment. Instead, the overage is being blamed on a very familiar culprit – a lack of staff, combined with soaring overtime costs that’s been needed to fill in those gaps. In a budget year that was supposed to be balanced, the Sheriff’s Office …

Readers respond: Washington County Sheriff’s Office must control overtime

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