A city analysis says that while Phoenix Police spent over $98.56 million on overtime in the 2024-25 fiscal year, hundreds of unfilled officer positions largely covered the cost.
The analysis, which is scheduled to be presented to a City Council subcommittee today, Sept. 3, says Phoenix actually saved $12.2 million, largely because Phoenix had 470 vacant sworn positions last fiscal year.
As a result, the city yielded “savings” of $77.02 million in budgeted salaries and fringe benefits that were never spent because of those vacancies. Additional savings came from fund transfers and previous years’ vacant positions…