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Matter 26-216

Police Department Overtime Spending.

Budget & Finance City Council Agenda Ready Introduced 24 Feb 2026
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File
26-216
Type
Public Safety
Status
Agenda Ready
Requester
Unknown
Introduced
24 Feb 2026
Last synced
11 Jun 2026 · 08:21

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Memorandum

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This memorandum addresses the Police Department's overtime spending, which exceeded its budget by $16.5 million in Fiscal Year 2024-2025. It outlines the causes of the overage, including high service demand and staffing challenges, and discusses measures to reduce future overtime costs. Recommendations include stricter overtime controls, changes to the Memorandum of Agreement with the San Jose Police Officers’ Association, budget adjustments, and the redeployment of existing personnel to reduce overtime expenses. The document is dated February 27, 2026.

Key points
  • The Police Department's personal services spending exceeded its modified budget by $16.5 million due to overtime expenses.
  • Total overtime spending in 2024-2025 was $71.5 million, significantly higher than the adopted budget of $26.6 million.
  • The memorandum reviews the need for overtime due to high service demand and staffing shortages.
  • The Police Chief has implemented stricter overtime controls to manage expenses.
  • Changes to the Memorandum of Agreement with the San Jose Police Officers’ Association aim to address compensatory time issues.
  • The document recommends redeploying personnel to reduce overtime costs by approximately $8 million.
Limitations
  • The text is truncated and does not provide complete details on all recommendations or the full context of the memorandum.
  • There are unresolved placeholders and missing information regarding specific budget adjustments and personnel details.

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COUNCIL AGENDA: FILE: ITEM: TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL SUBJECT: Police Department Overtime Spending Approved 3/10/26 26-216 4.2 FROM: Paul Joseph Jim Shannon DATE: February 27, 2026 Date: 2/27/26 COUNCIL DISTRICT: Citywide RECOMMENDATION Accept the report and recommendation to achieve a net reduction in Police Department overtime spending. SUMMARY AND OUTCOME In Fiscal Year 2024-2025, the Police Department (Department) personal services spending exceeded its modified budget by $16.5 million, primarily due to overtime expenses exceeding the savings from vacant positions. This memorandum reviews the analysis undertaken by the Department and the City Manager’s Budget Office to determine the causes of the overage – which stem from the need to meet growing and increasingly complex service demands – discusses current and recently enhanced overtime controls implemented by the Police Chief, reviews recent changes to the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the San Jose Police Officers’ Association (SJPOA) that help address future overtime spending, and seeks City Council confirmation of the redeployment of existing personnel effective with the May 2026 shift change to reduce...