Summary
This first report provides an overview of the published literature on police overtime, and
identifies those strategies that have been determined to be best practices in overtime
usage and monitoring. The report also includes a discussion of the progress that the
VPD has made to date in developing the capacity to monitor and control the use of
overtime throughout the Department. This report also includes a preliminary analysis of
data gathered via the VPD Overtime Slip and an examination of a group of “high
overtime earners” in the VPD during 2005. This document also references an additional
set of reports being prepared by the VPD on the issue of overtime. These reports were
commissioned by the Deputy Chief Constable commanding Support Services Division in
Spring 2005 and are being completed by an Inspector and a Detective Constable. The
results of these enquiries will be incorporated into the final report on overtime.