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Iron Men of Overtime
“Two sheriff’s deputies nearly tripled their pay through tremendous amounts of overtime, mostly teaching at a community college”. These deputies would work a great deal of overtime hours, over consecutive days and receive a large amount of overtime pay. After all this became visible, the sheriff put an end to overtime pay through the college, but at this point the deputies had already enhanced their annual pay for three years. Further, it increases their pension benefits for decades to come.
Tags: law enforcement; police department; police academy; Michael Asmolik; Richard Flanagan Jr.; Kevin Walsh; income; time sheet
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Crime and punishment
U.S. News & World Report asks "Politicians are vowing to get tough, but will more prisons and fewer perks really cut crime?" U.S. News looks into the growing concern over crime in America. The American public wants tougher sentences, and fewer perks. The government agrees, but finds it difficult amid convict's lawsuits, and courts ruling against the justice system.