Amid a staffing crunch, Austin police officers raked in nearly $50 million in overtime money

The Austin Police Department paid out nearly $50 million in overtime in the last fiscal year, a KUT analysis of city data has found. While that’s a sliver of the department’s current record-setting budget, it’s a substantial increase from the previous year. Here’s a breakdown of how we got here…

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