Overtime and detail hours can make up a large part of a police officer’s pay. But who gets the most hours in Taunton?
From 2022 to 2025, that would be Taunton Police Officer Joe Ryan. He was the highest paid worker in the city in 2025, when he made nearly $575,000. And he earned that pay thanks in large part to more than 3,500 hours of overtime and nearly 350 hours of paid details, according to data obtained by the Taunton Daily Gazette through a public records request.
The Taunton Police Department tracks overtime, forced overtime, and detail hours. And across several years, when all three categories of hours are added together, Ryan has consistently been paid for the most hours above and beyond his regular shifts since 2022, according to a Gazette analysis of Police Department data…