Salary database on Sun-Sentinel 6/27/09 with article

How Low on Id Numbers will they go 8300,? 8400?

Look at the contract...layoffs will be done in reverse seniority......the newest are the 1st to go....My question is this...If the cities we merged with got to keep their seniority, will they be bumping people that hae been actually at PBSO for a time period shorter tahn the merged cops were at their PDs?
If so, i say FOUL ! ! They are supposed to stay at their PD's for 2 years to keep their seniority, and THEN it counts.....bt Kaz probably has buddies at the PDs too so the Gren Weenie to us once again.

so what is your answer

8300 ???

8200 ????


How high up are they??

THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE LAYOFFS!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE SENATE HAS THE PROPOSED TAX REFORM AND NOW WILL DEBATE THE BILL. LET'S PRAY THEY DO THE RIGHT THING.

AS FOR LAY OFFS, CIVILIAN JOBS GO BEFORE LEO'S/COMMO AND CORRECTIONS. AFTER THAT IT'S ANYONE'S GUESS. I HAVE BEEN FOLLWING THIS TAX REFORM SINCE THE START AND FEEL VERY STRONG THAT THERE WILL BE NO LAY OFFS DUE TO THE SIGNIFICANT CRIME WAVES WE ARE UNDER AND THE FACT THAT MORE CITIES NEED OUR SERVICES TO ASSIST IN THEIR BUGDET PROBLEMS. IF WE TAKE ON ANY CITIES THEIR BUDGET PROPOSALS WILL HAVE TO BE APPROVED TO HOLD A THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE MAN POWER OUR DEPT, WILL BE TAKING ON.

THIS IS THE TIME WHEN WE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND PRAY THAT EVERYTHING WORKS OUT!!

THESE ARE JUST ONE DEPUTIES THOUGHTS NO RUMORS

HANG TOUGH GUYS AND GALS

Everyone needs to be thinking positive. We need to stand united like the firefighters are. The only way we will prevail through this is to stand UNITED. You need to be ready to take up the fight for your jobs....if it comes to that. There is still much work that has to be done on the bills up in Tallahassee. Just keep watching what happens and be ready to FIGHT.

Instead of posting on this site to complain about the property tax cuts contact your Senator and Representative and let them know you don't want a property tax cut at the expense of community services.

The link below may help:

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Welcome/inde ... N=16369122 (http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Welcome/index.cfm?CFID=10110224&CFTOKEN=16369122)

If not just do a google search for Florida State Senator or Florida State Representative. If you're not sure who your representatives are check your voting card.

These two powerful organizations need to unite and not allow the cutbacks our corrupt county commissioners have proposed. Let the commissioners cut their own executive assistants, their own discressionary funding, cut roads, parks, etc. Sell a few of the many gold courses the county owns and operates at a loss each year for work force housing, somethin we were promised many moons ago. Don't cut public safety. The cops and firefighters need to stand together and make sure they loose nothing............TOGETHER

You think the PBA is gonna do anything for you....HAHAHAHA....if it doesn't affect KAZ, he don't give a durn...besides, SHUT DOWN GOLF COURSES.......where will K and all his PBA buddies play golf if that happened.

so what is your answer

8300 ???

8200 ????


How high up are they??


8709 is the highest ID at the moment.

so what is your answer

8300 ???

8200 ????


How high up are they??


8709 is the highest ID at the moment.

THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE LAYOFF'S.....PEOPLE CALM DOWN!! WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE LEAVING EACH MONTH AND WITH A HIRING FREEZE WHERE DOING JUST FINE!!!

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-palm-county-sheriff-overtime-062709,0,4143820.story

Palm Beach County racked up more than $23 million in OT in 2008
Almost half went to Sheriff's Office

By Andy Reid, Brian Haas and Dana Williams | South Florida Sun-Sentinel
4:44 PM EDT, June 27, 2009

PALM BEACH COUNTY - A worsening Palm Beach County budget squeeze leaves a political showdown looming for county commissioners and the sheriff over how to rein in overtime and other personnel expenses.

Palm Beach County taxpayers paid more than $23 million in overtime to employees in county departments, fire-rescue and the Sheriff's Office in 2008 -- with almost half going to the Sheriff's Office alone.

Layoffs and hiring freezes take the blame for much of the overtime costs, officials said, as past cutbacks lead to extra duty for the employees left behind to maintain existing services.

But with tax revenues dropping due to a struggling economy, county officials will have to decide whether to boost property tax rates to cover expenses, cut services or change the way they do business.

"The sheriff's overall compensation costs are a huge part of the county budget," County Administrator Bob Weisman said. "It's something that has to be dealt with or you can't control costs."

Sheriff Ric Bradshaw says his agency has been under a county-mandated hiring freeze since 2007 and his overtime costs have still dropped two years in a row. Cutting costs has to be balanced with public safety needs, according to the sheriff.

"You want to manage it, which we do, and you want to keep it as low as possible. Some of it is just going to be out of your control," Bradshaw said. "As long as you're going to be short personnel, it's going to happen."

Overtime concerns are already leading to political fireworks in Broward County, where the overtime for sheriff's and fire-rescue employees alone cost nearly $29 million last year. If the Broward County Commission and Sheriff Al Lamberti can't agree on overtime cuts, he could appeal the budget dispute to the Florida Cabinet.

That got the attention of Palm Beach County officials who are taking another look at how much they spend on overtime. Palm Beach County's overtime costs may be lower than Broward's, but many Palm Beach County employees significantly increased their salaries, with rank-and-file employees regularly out-earning their supervisors.

The employees in the parks department, zoning office and other branches of county government directly controlled by the commission averaged about $915 each in overtime.

By comparison, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office averaged about $2,933 in overtime per employee. Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue's per-employee overtime costs were the highest in the county, averaging about $4,459.

Sheriff: hiring freeze leaves PBSO down about 100 deputies

The state's economic woes and resulting dip in tax revenues have Palm Beach County considering more than 200 layoffs. Last year, the county laid off 62 employees and eliminated about 200 vacant positions.

Palm Beach County is now contemplating a more than 15 percent increase in the property tax rate to balance next year's budget.

Avoiding a tax rate increase would mean even deeper spending cuts, particularly to personnel expenses, Weisman said. While the County Commission must sign off on the total $4 billion county budget that includes the sheriff and other county elected officials, it's up to those elected officials to determine how they spend their money.

The sheriff did rein in his budget this year, but he will have to go further next year when the county's budget picture isn't expected to improve, County Commission Chairman Jeff Koons said.

"Next year we are going to have to look at the options we have," Koons said. "He is going to have to sit down with us and figure out how he changes doing business."

The sheriff says the two-year hiring freeze leaves him down about 100 deputies and another 100 civilian employees. Even with fewer people, Bradshaw says he kept his overtime costs from rising.

Still, about one in six Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office employees, or 680 of the 3,838 employees, earned $5,000 or more in overtime for 2008. The highest earners on average were in the agency's Violent Crimes Bureau their detectives. Violent crimes detectives are often called to work long, odd hours on cases, sometimes going without or on very little sleep for days at a time while a case is hot. The next highest overtime earners were in the agency's Fugitive Warrants division, another group of deputies who are often required to work long, odd hours.

"You don't have the option in the middle of a murder investigation to look at your watch and say it's 5 o'clock, let's go home. You stay until you're done," he said.

The highest overall grossing employee was Deputy Brian Brown, who made $57,427 in overtime on top of a $72,372 salary.

Teri Barbera, spokeswoman for the Sheriff's Office, said Brown's overtime illustrates just how short-staffed they are. Not only is Brown a full-time deputy, but he also works as a part-time dispatcher during his off-hours -- the source of most of his overtime.

"We're short handed in communications so some of our deputies will get trained and get worked there," Barbera said.

Though current budget talks with the county have been smooth, Bradshaw predicts next year won't be as easy. His office is readying to open a new jail and will have to hire more corrections deputies to staff it.

Big OT at Fire-Rescue

The Sheriff's Office may be the county agency with the most total overtime, but the biggest individual overtime earners came from Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue.

The department that ran up the highest average overtime was their Fire Alarm Office, which handles dispatch. Deputy Chief Steve Delai said that fire departments have minimum levels of staffing they have to maintain for safety.

Dispatchers and firefighters often earn high overtime because the department can't function without those minimum numbers.

But it wasn't rank-and-file firefighters who ran up the biggest overtime tabs. It was supervisors.

Six captains in the department's Battalion 9 accounted for not only the highest overtime earners in fire-rescue, but also the entire county. Combined, they earned an extra $282,995 on top of salaries that range from just over $116,000 to about $146,000. The top overtime earner was Capt. Houston Park IV, who earned $65,796 in overtime with a base salary of $118,548.

Delai said the six captains have highly specialized skills -- like dealing with hazardous materials -- and that the agency requires two on duty every day.

"We have actually looked at promoting more captains in order to having more people to cover that, but it ended up being more expensive," Delai said. "That's one of the positions we've taken heat for in the past. It's a very select group of people, very few people are qualified to do it."

Delai said his agency reviews overtime usage every six months or so to make sure they aren't overspending. He said their overtime costs have remained relatively flat for three years.

"Overtime is not a bad word. Overtime is a tool to keep units on the road and keep providing service, hopefully at the most reasonable costs," he said.

Brian Haas can be reached at bhaas@SunSentinel.com or 561-243-6633.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Budget
Palm Beach County racked up more than $23 million in OT in 2008
Almost half went to Sheriff's Office
By Andy Reid, Brian Haas and Dana Williams

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

4:44 PM EDT, June 27, 2009

PALM BEACH COUNTY

A worsening Palm Beach County budget squeeze leaves a political showdown looming for county commissioners and the sheriff over how to rein in overtime and other personnel expenses.

Palm Beach County taxpayers paid more than $23 million in overtime to employees in county departments, fire-rescue and the Sheriff's Office in 2008 -- with almost half going to the Sheriff's Office alone.

Layoffs and hiring freezes take the blame for much of the overtime costs, officials said, as past cutbacks lead to extra duty for the employees left behind to maintain existing services.

But with tax revenues dropping due to a struggling economy, county officials will have to decide whether to boost property tax rates to cover expenses, cut services or change the way they do business.

"The sheriff's overall compensation costs are a huge part of the county budget," County Administrator Bob Weisman said. "It's something that has to be dealt with or you can't control costs."

Sheriff Ric Bradshaw says his agency has been under a county-mandated hiring freeze since 2007 and his overtime costs have still dropped two years in a row. Cutting costs has to be balanced with public safety needs, according to the sheriff.

"You want to manage it, which we do, and you want to keep it as low as possible. Some of it is just going to be out of your control," Bradshaw said. "As long as you're going to be short personnel, it's going to happen."

Overtime concerns are already leading to political fireworks in Broward County, where the overtime for sheriff's and fire-rescue employees alone cost nearly $29 million last year. If the Broward County Commission and Sheriff Al Lamberti can't agree on overtime cuts, he could appeal the budget dispute to the Florida Cabinet.

That got the attention of Palm Beach County officials who are taking another look at how much they spend on overtime. Palm Beach County's overtime costs may be lower than Broward's, but many Palm Beach County employees significantly increased their salaries, with rank-and-file employees regularly out-earning their supervisors.

The employees in the parks department, zoning office and other branches of county government directly controlled by the commission averaged about $915 each in overtime.

By comparison, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office averaged about $2,933 in overtime per employee. Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue's per-employee overtime costs were the highest in the county, averaging about $4,459.

Sheriff: hiring freeze leaves PBSO down about 100 deputies

The state's economic woes and resulting dip in tax revenues have Palm Beach County considering more than 200 layoffs. Last year, the county laid off 62 employees and eliminated about 200 vacant positions.

Palm Beach County is now contemplating a more than 15 percent increase in the property tax rate to balance next year's budget.

Avoiding a tax rate increase would mean even deeper spending cuts, particularly to personnel expenses, Weisman said. While the County Commission must sign off on the total $4 billion county budget that includes the sheriff and other county elected officials, it's up to those elected officials to determine how they spend their money.

The sheriff did rein in his budget this year, but he will have to go further next year when the county's budget picture isn't expected to improve, County Commission Chairman Jeff Koons said.

"Next year we are going to have to look at the options we have," Koons said. "He is going to have to sit down with us and figure out how he changes doing business."

The sheriff says the two-year hiring freeze leaves him down about 100 deputies and another 100 civilian employees. Even with fewer people, Bradshaw says he kept his overtime costs from rising.

Still, about one in six Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office employees, or 680 of the 3,838 employees, earned $5,000 or more in overtime for 2008. The highest earners on average were in the agency's Violent Crimes Bureau – their detectives. Violent crimes detectives are often called to work long, odd hours on cases, sometimes going without or on very little sleep for days at a time while a case is hot. The next highest overtime earners were in the agency's Fugitive Warrants division, another group of deputies who are often required to work long, odd hours.

"You don't have the option in the middle of a murder investigation to look at your watch and say it's 5 o'clock, let's go home. You stay until you're done," he said.

The highest overall grossing employee was Deputy Brian Brown, who made $57,427 in overtime on top of a $72,372 salary.

Teri Barbera, spokeswoman for the Sheriff's Office, said Brown's overtime illustrates just how short-staffed they are. Not only is Brown a full-time deputy, but he also works as a part-time dispatcher during his off-hours -- the source of most of his overtime.

"We're short handed in communications so some of our deputies will get trained and get worked there," Barbera said.

Though current budget talks with the county have been smooth, Bradshaw predicts next year won't be as easy. His office is readying to open a new jail and will have to hire more corrections deputies to staff it.

Big OT at Fire-Rescue

The Sheriff's Office may be the county agency with the most total overtime, but the biggest individual overtime earners came from Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue.

The department that ran up the highest average overtime was their Fire Alarm Office, which handles dispatch. Deputy Chief Steve Delai said that fire departments have minimum levels of staffing they have to maintain for safety.

Dispatchers and firefighters often earn high overtime because the department can't function without those minimum numbers.

But it wasn't rank-and-file firefighters who ran up the biggest overtime tabs. It was supervisors.

Six captains in the department's Battalion 9 accounted for not only the highest overtime earners in fire-rescue, but also the entire county. Combined, they earned an extra $282,995 on top of salaries that range from just over $116,000 to about $146,000. The top overtime earner was Capt. Houston Park IV, who earned $65,796 in overtime with a base salary of $118,548.

Delai said the six captains have highly specialized skills -- like dealing with hazardous materials -- and that the agency requires two on duty every day.

"We have actually looked at promoting more captains in order to having more people to cover that, but it ended up being more expensive," Delai said. "That's one of the positions we've taken heat for in the past. It's a very select group of people, very few people are qualified to do it."

Delai said his agency reviews overtime usage every six months or so to make sure they aren't overspending. He said their overtime costs have remained relatively flat for three years.

"Overtime is not a bad word. Overtime is a tool to keep units on the road and keep providing service, hopefully at the most reasonable costs," he said.

Brian Haas can be reached at bhaas@SunSentinel.com or 561-243-6633.

Copyright © 2009, South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Whats the big deal.....there are position vacancies that have to be filled.....The deputy working in Communiactions doesnt make a nickel more than the dispatcher working up there.....They need a certain number of people to function at a reasonable level. They ***** about the OT, or they ***** when there isnt enough help.

I was wondering, can anyone advise how to do a public record requests? I am going to requests the overtime of the employees working for the SCUM sentinel and post it here, and attempt to post it in other news papers. This is BS, we are now the third agency they have posted on the internet and it's about time someone sheds some light on their salary and benefits.

I was wondering, can anyone advise how to do a public record requests? I am going to requests the overtime of the employees working for the SCUM sentinel and post it here, and attempt to post it in other news papers. This is BS, we are now the third agency they have posted on the internet and it's about time someone sheds some light on their salary and benefits.


Good Luck with that. They are a private organization, you'll never get your hands on them.

My friend, if you and I were paying the salaries of those staff people working for the press, and if you and I were to be able to clearly see so much ridiculous waste and mismanagement and political BS taking place within the two papers we are talking about, then absolutely YES we should be able to see the numbers and what the heck is going on with the outrageous misuse of public funds. You see, we are public servants, like the term or not, and we must always attempt to do the most we can with the dollars available. Just about any of us, if honest, could easily go in and remove a whole bunch of civilians around this place and we all know it. Politics is the problem and the Sheriff wanting to be popular rather than getting somebody to manage an Agency that he has shown that he cannot. A reorganization is overdue.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-palm-beach-county-sheriff-salaries,0,2594238.htmlstory

Thats the link to search the database of almost all employees and how much overtime they made

So can anyone help me explain how a community service aid made $35,000 in overtime last year?

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-palm-beach-county-sheriff-salaries,0,2594238.htmlstory

Thats the link to search the database of almost all employees and how much overtime they made

So can anyone help me explain how a community service aid made $35,000 in overtime last year?

its under "district 1 - West pa" by the way....

Is the deputy making deputy pay overtime or dispatcher overtime......what a scam...plus we still need an outside oversight on the sheriffs budget....if he would just cut the fat deputies could be the priority......money can be saved...its the ego thats getting in the way.

Please go on todays sun-sentinel and type in over-time PBSO. You will be shocked on what our leaders are making. I'll bet you had no idea that the LT's in VCD make more in over-time then the Det's that do all the work and clear the cases. LT. MW made over $49,000 in OT. While the Det's in homicide and robbery averaged between $6,000 to $17,000. How in the world can someone who does nothing but show up to a call and watch the Det's do all work pull in that much cash? While the Capt of VCD took no OT. Please someone explain this to me. I could see how the Det. Sgt should be high in OT but the Lt's Cmon. Deal or no deal.........check out what ur bosses make u'll be shocked. they do nothing to help in investigations but pull in all the cash...what crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just info for you...Captains can't make OT. Further, Wallace goes to all the S-5's that the task force handles. Also his rate of pay is a bit higher than the detectives. Please don't commit with out knowledge of how investigations are worked.

Please go on todays sun-sentinel and type in over-time PBSO. You will be shocked on what our leaders are making. I'll bet you had no idea that the LT's in VCD make more in over-time then the Det's that do all the work and clear the cases. LT. MW made over $49,000 in OT. While the Det's in homicide and robbery averaged between $6,000 to $17,000. How in the world can someone who does nothing but show up to a call and watch the Det's do all work pull in that much cash? While the Capt of VCD took no OT. Please someone explain this to me. I could see how the Det. Sgt should be high in OT but the Lt's Cmon. Deal or no deal.........check out what ur bosses make u'll be shocked. they do nothing to help in investigations but pull in all the cash...what crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good job genius. Try being a little more perceptive and try looking on this site before posting something that was already brought up days ago.

http://forums.leoaffairs.com/viewtopic.php?f=158&t=881561

Look at the excessive waste in the Media Relations division..

You have a D/S... and a Supervisor (SGT)... Then a Division Manager then an ASSISTANT. There are 4 people in this unit!!!!!! Seriouslys? a Division Manager?

and The Division Manager of this 4 person unit making $110,000 a year? Seriously, have you watched the news and heard her talk?

Sounds to me like Media Relations should probably be merged with Special Events instead of having two very small units with duplication of management positions...

anybody notice verdigi's salary??? :shock:

The systematic problem with the Sheriff’s budget is the fact that every time a new Sheriff is elected, a new Monarchy/Kingdom is created often with unnecessary political special interest jobs that end up costing the tax payers hundreds of thousands of dollars with little return for any service. I hope the County Commissioners make the Sheriff provide them with a due diligence report publishing his efforts to reduce the budget. There are between 25 to 50 law enforcement jobs that perform no law enforcement function so these positions can be eliminated easily. If a cop is not conducting investigations or in a 911-Responder status, then they should not be receiving high risk retirement. That job should be handled by a civilian and the deputies can be circulated back into law enforcement.

The Monarchy mentality of the administrative elite should also be held accountable. If we are in such a critical financial crisis, why are Captains and above each getting a $40,000 a year educational supplement so they can go and have their Masters Degree paid by our tax payers. Why should the administrative elite drive the Chevrolet Tahoe vehicle that guzzle more gas than the standard sedans and is the leather interior and all the bells and whistles necessary.

Now the out of county car issue and plethora of civilians with departmental issued cars is a serious and unnecessary expenditure of tax payers dollars. Over 100 civilians have take home cars while dome agents and detectives drive cars with well over 75,000 miles on them. I don’t understand how a civilian take home car benefit’s the citizens of this county with anything. This is an unnecessary privilege or perk that burdens the budget with hundreds of thousands of dollars in maintenance and don’t forget that those living out of county practically use up a full tank of fuel every day to commute back and forth. If the civilian special interest managers and others that are issued take home cars need a vehicle for official business, don’t you think it would be practical to have a pool of cars that can be checked out as needed. The citizens get no extra police presence if the police cars are driving in another county.

Now what about the specialty units that are redundant with State and Federal Law Enforcement. Is it necessary to maintain a Marine Unit, Mounted Unit and Community Involvement Team? The Coast Guard and Florida Marine Patrol and ICE provide all the marine enforcement and protection we need. The mounted unit is a clear waste of tax payers dollars. When and where are horses going to be effectively used in law enforcement in Florida? At the Polo Tournaments or the fair for pomp and circumstance. Now there’s over 1-million in tax payers dollars that could be saved.

Just some food for thought…

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What is a Juvenile Justice Coordinator and why does he earn 71k a year in a non-sworn position here at PBSO

Great food for thought...just wish someone is listening...its crazy...also with the salarlies posted it does not include the perk of the take home vehicles.....add that cost to the salary and everyone would be suprised....civilians axe the vehicles nowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

Former captain who ran for sheriff

Former captain who ran for sheriff

Ric to Fred Mascara during the election: "you're not going to win so just get me your voters and I'll get you a $75K job doing something."

And you can see how someone can be bought off from running in an election. Is it really necessary to create a sheriff's juvenile position when the DJJ already takes care of these things. There are so many fluff jobs it is insane.

I hope the County Commissioners compel the Sheriff produce a due deligence report articulating justification for eah and every position and expenditure. Wouldn't it be prudent and responsible to audit the agency and make sure that were are providing the citizens with fair and adequate services.

Ax recommendations:

Mounted Unit
Marine Unit
Parks Marine Unit
Community Involvement Team (Civilian Managers)
All Civilian take home cars
No more FTO positions in CP

[Texas]

There is no parks marine unit. Two parks deputies assigned to peanut island park have a flat bottomed boat used to (1) go back and forth to the island and (2) patrol the area around the island - especially the north side sand bar which is occupied by thousands of drunks on the weekends. Kind of necessary, don't you think?

[Texas]

Besides, PBC Parks & Rec pays for the boat and the deputies... :!:

Todays overpaid employee award with a fluff title goes to...

Annette Marvin

Marvin can be found as a SECTION MANAGER, making $117,289.58 a year. She is section manager to office of the Sheriff. A section, which has a whole 3 people, including herself. This section includes the Sheriff himself, the section manager (Marvin) and an assistant. So she is basically a manager to one person, and making $117,289.58 a year at that.

All the above information can be positively confirmed by searching the following database. In the Search by assignment: section, select "sheriff" and see the entirety of the unit yourself. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/pbsoovertime

Todays overpaid employee award with a fluff title goes to... I am surprised she does not have a take home car like the rest.....lets all vote to give her and all the non sworn take home cars..yeh

Annette Marvin

Marvin can be found as a SECTION MANAGER, making $117,289.58 a year. She is section manager to office of the Sheriff. A section, which has a whole 3 people, including herself. This section includes the Sheriff himself, the section manager (Marvin) and an assistant. So she is basically a manager to one person, and making $117,289.58 a year at that.

All the above information can be positively confirmed by searching the following database. In the Search by assignment: section, select "sheriff" and see the entirety of the unit yourself. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/pbsoovertime

When this administration took over-they was shown how to save in excess of 3-4 million dollars a year right from the start by eliminating unneeded positions and other changes. Instead they chose to add another 10 million in unneeded positions and now the hard working people have to pay for the mistakes.

1. Excutive Lt for the Colonel

2. Graffiti busters

3. Special projects coordinator-used to be handled by Community affairs. Was created as a place to put Diane Carhart and when she was moved-it was re-created by the Colonel for Carol Virdigi with a new $250,000 + budget for toys

4. Executive/Administrator of whatever it is in Homeland security

5. Juvenile Justice Coordinator

AND TOO MANY MORE TO LIST-BUT YOU GET THE POINT

Give me 48 hours with the budget and I'll cut more than $20,000,000.00 without working deputies feeling the pinch.

yep 20 million easy....you don't have to look to far.....its all in front every day.....just can not get anyone on the commission to put sheriff ric on the carpet.

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Let's be careful out there.

Today's question:

What is the Research and Planning division?

What are they researching and planning that two non sworn employees have 6 digit salaries?

$106,000 and $130,000

Maybe one of you on this site can help me understand..

In the Search by assignment: section, select "Research & Planning". http://www.sun-sentinel.com/pbsoovertime

Just info for you...Captains can't make OT. Further, Wallace goes to all the S-5's that the task force handles. Also his rate of pay is a bit higher than the detectives. Please don't commit with out knowledge of how investigations are worked.
I beg to differ with you ref your statement "Captains can't make OT."
If you were to search the Majors section you will discover that Maj M was compensated $3268.00 for over time in 2008 and his protege CDO Capt B (123) was compensated $7906.00 for over time in 2008. If anything warrants an investigation, I think looking into this matter would be time and money well spent (no pun intended).
It's obvious that the things done in the dark will soon come to light and the actions done behind closed doors, eventually someone will open that door and expose you for what you really are.
To thine own self be true, dont do it to me and I wont to it to you.

Just info for you...Captains can't make OT. Further, Wallace goes to all the S-5's that the task force handles. Also his rate of pay is a bit higher than the detectives. Please don't commit with out knowledge of how investigations are worked.
I beg to differ with you ref your statement "Captains can't make OT."
If you were to search the Majors section you will discover that Maj M was compensated $3268.00 for over time in 2008 and his protege CDO Capt B (123) was compensated $7906.00 for over time in 2008. If anything warrants an investigation, I think looking into this matter would be time and money well spent (no pun intended).
It's obvious that the things done in the dark will soon come to light and the actions done behind closed doors, eventually someone will open that door and expose you for what you really are.
To thine own self be true, dont do it to me and I wont to it to you.

Those were permits. Like the SF Fair and concerts at the amphitheater.. NOT real OT.

Just info for you...Captains can't make OT. Further, Wallace goes to all the S-5's that the task force handles. Also his rate of pay is a bit higher than the detectives. Please don't commit with out knowledge of how investigations are worked.
I beg to differ with you ref your statement "Captains can't make OT."
If you were to search the Majors section you will discover that Maj M was compensated $3268.00 for over time in 2008 and his protege CDO Capt B (123) was compensated $7906.00 for over time in 2008. If anything warrants an investigation, I think looking into this matter would be time and money well spent (no pun intended).
It's obvious that the things done in the dark will soon come to light and the actions done behind closed doors, eventually someone will open that door and expose you for what you really are.
To thine own self be true, dont do it to me and I wont to it to you.

Those were permits. Like the SF Fair and concerts at the amphitheater.. NOT real OT.

Guess again, I worked the concerts at the amphitheater and the South Florida Fair and neither is reflected as an earning of overtime. So the question remains "how did a Captain or Major earn overtime? Just food for thought!

Just info for you...Captains can't make OT. Further, Wallace goes to all the S-5's that the task force handles. Also his rate of pay is a bit higher than the detectives. Please don't commit with out knowledge of how investigations are worked.
I beg to differ with you ref your statement "Captains can't make OT."
If you were to search the Majors section you will discover that Maj M was compensated $3268.00 for over time in 2008 and his protege CDO Capt B (123) was compensated $7906.00 for over time in 2008. If anything warrants an investigation, I think looking into this matter would be time and money well spent (no pun intended).
It's obvious that the things done in the dark will soon come to light and the actions done behind closed doors, eventually someone will open that door and expose you for what you really are.
To thine own self be true, dont do it to me and I wont to it to you.

Those were permits. Like the SF Fair and concerts at the amphitheater.. NOT real OT.

Guess again, I worked the concerts at the amphitheater and the South Florida Fair and neither is reflected as an earning of overtime. So the question remains "how did a Captain or Major earn overtime? Just food for thought!

Ok. The only other thing it could be is that they got compensated for putting together the 2009 Law Enforcement Handbook. They probably did that on their own time.

If God and people like Kaz really cared we wouldn't be in this mess in the first place

Maybe there will be layoffs, maybe not. At least not for a couple years.

There more interesting question is: What will happen when the PBA puts it to a vote. Everyone take a 5% pay cut or the 100 least junior deputies get the Ax. I have no doubt where that vote will end.

How about every call sign that is 200 and below take a % 5 pay cut? Let me guess. That's not reasonable right? Could you imagine ax'ing a 100 junior deputies when we're already at minimum? I'd pack up right away and move into the country because it's going be mayhem. Crime is on a rise folks.