SANTA FE POLICE GO BACK ON A 4-DAY WORK WEEK THIS SATURDAY. AND POLICE OFFICIALS ARE BRACING FOR AN EXPECTED SPIKE IN OVERTIME COSTS. THEY SAY OVERTIME DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY WHEN OFFICERS WERE WORKING A FIVE-DAY WEEK … A SCHEDULE REINTRODUCED UNDER NOW-RETIRED CHIEF RAY RAEL.
THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS OVERTIME COST THE POLICE DEPARTMENT A MILLION DOLLARS IN 2010 … THEN DROPPED TO 842-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN 2011 WHEN THEY WENT BACK TO THE FIVE DAY WORK WEEK. OFFICERS SAY THE FIVE DAY WEEK HURT THE QUALITY OF THEIR HOME LIFE.
