BPD Makes Little Progress After Overtime Audit
- berkeleycopwatch
- Jan 11, 2023
- 1 min read
In March 2022, the Berkeley City Auditor published an audit of the Berkeley Police Department’s use of overtime, but BPD has not made substantial progress on the issues pointed out in the report.
Here are some highlights from that audit:
BPD exceeded its General Fund budget four out of the last five years, in large part due to overtime costs
In FY 2020, BPD surpassed its $71.0 million allocation by $4.8 million.
BPD does not adhere to its overtime controls. In FY 2020, 21% of sworn officers exceeded BPD’s overtime limit at least once. Without adequate enforcement and tools to manage overtime, BPD cannot mitigate risks of officer fatigue and mistakes.
The audit also found that BPD contracts out officers as private security for businesses. In fact, 53% of police overtime hours logged in 2020 were working as private security for the Apple store.
Out of the eleven recommendations made in this audit, BPD has yet to start five.
You can find the full 2022 audit here and you can take a look at this website to view any progress made by BPD on the audit’s recommendations.
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Given that BPD has yet to act on nearly half of the audit’s recommendations and continues to face issues with excessive build now gg overtime spending, what concrete accountability measures or policy changes are city officials considering to ensure both fiscal responsibility and officer well-being moving forward?