MULTONOMAH COUNTY (OR) - RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REDUCING COURT RELATED EXPENDITURES ON POLICE OVERTIME - CRIMINAL COURTS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT

• NCJ Number: 39778
• Author(s): P HAYNES
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 52 pages
• Contract Number(s): J-LEAA-043-72
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: American University
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT STUDY AND ANALYSIS, DATED OCTOBER 1974, APPRAISES PRACTICES RESULTING IN ANNUAL POLICE OVERTIME ALLOCATIONS OF OVER $1 MILLION.

Abstract

PREVAILING OPINION WAS THAT THE BULK OF THE POLICE OVERTIME COSTS LAY WITHIN THE CONTROL OF THE COURTS AND THE PROSECUTION. ANALYSIS REVEALED, HOWEVER, THAT THE MAJORITY OF OVERTIME EXPENDITURES OF THE PORTLAND POLICE BUREAU AND THE MULTNOMAH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WERE ENFORCEMENT RELATED. THEREFORE, THESE AREAS NEED DIRECT ATTENTION IF TOTAL OVERTIME COSTS ARE TO BE REDUCED. COURT/PROSECUTION-RELATED POLICE OVERTIME EXPENSES WERE STILL FOUND TO BE CONSIDERABLE, AMOUNTING TO APPROXIMATELY $10,000 PER WEEK. SAVINGS OF 25 PERCENT OF COURT RELATED OVERTIME ($130,000 PER ANNUM) COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED BY SAVING SOME 13 UNNECESSARY POLICE WITNESS OVERTIME APPEARANCES PER DAY, OR 10 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL APPEARANCES. TO ACCOMPLISH THESE SAVINGS, A SERIES OF CHANGES IN ALL OF THE AGENCIES INVOLVED IN THE ADJUDICATION PROCESS ARE PROPOSED....ELW