City records show Dallas paid more than 9,800 city workers over $128 million in overtime in 2022. The next year, more than 10,000 city employees earned over $14...
For the last two years, Dallas’ highest paid police officer wasn’t Chief Eddie García. It was Sgt. Robert Salone.$300,000 last year — more than half of that from overtime work. Only four other city employees, including former City Manager T.C. Broadnax, topped that in 2023.Dallas taxpayers are covering more than expected in police and fire overtime costs.
No Dallas police officer made more in overtime pay in 2022 and 2023 than Salone, who joined the department in 1998.He clocked more than 1,970 hours of overtime in 2023, higher than his nearly 1,870 regular shift hours, records show. The $177,103 he earned through overtime work made up nearly 60% of his total gross pay, which amounted to $301,881.García, who leads the police department, took home $16,000 less than Salone year, according to city wage records.
Salone said he doesn’t believe his department is reliant on overtime but said it is necessary to ensure the city is adequately covered. Dallas fire officials made overtime mandatory for many at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure enough staffing to respond to emergency calls, said Lt. Jeff Patterson, president of the Dallas Fire Fighters Association Although the mandate was dropped, overtime work is still sought by many, he said.
Police officials project needing $55.6 million to cover overtime for the current fiscal year, more than the $42.5 million budgeted, according to May estimates.Bazaldua said city officials must do more to hold the police and fire departments accountable for repeatedly going over overtime budgets and set an expectation that it shouldn’t be the norm.
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