SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — An audit launched Thursday discovered {that a} handful of officers within the San Francisco Police Division could have violated insurance policies associated to extra time. Metropolis leaders requested the audit final 12 months after SFPD’s extra time spending surged to round $108 million the 12 months prior.
The report discovered a number of problematic practices — together with events the place officers accepted their very own paid extra time and situations of officers taking paid sick days from police work with the intention to work personal safety jobs exterior the division.
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The report additionally included options for the division on how it may be extra aware of its price range.
In response to the audit, the San Francisco Police Division supplied KRON4 with a press release, saying:
“The SFPD has been critically understaffed due to the pandemic and subsequent national crisis in policing. We’ve been aggressively hiring and filling our academies to fill our shortage of 500 officers necessary to adequately police our city. As a necessary stop gap measure, the SFPD has been using overtime to backfill our patrol and investigation units to ensure San Francisco remains one of the safest cities in the country. As we continue to rebuild our ranks, overtime hours will decrease, saving the city money and giving our incredibly hard-working officers a much needed break.”
