Sheriff’s Office Will Undergo Audit After Exceeding Overtime Budget by $4.4M

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office is facing a review of its overtime policies after it again exceeded its annual budget, this time to the amount of $4.4 million.

The audit was discussed on Tuesday during a fourth-quarter budget presentation to the county Board of Supervisors.

After years of rising overtime costs at the county’s jails caused by staffing shortages, a review of the Sheriff’s Office’s time card practices will be conducted by the county’s Auditor-Controller’s Office…

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