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Oakland cops get compensated for time they spent putting on their uniforms

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The city of Oakland is expected to pay $1.75 million in legal fees and will offer vacation time and money to police officers who claimed in a lawsuit that they had been underpaid for working extra hours and for the time they spent putting on their uniforms, attorneys said Thursday.

Under a tentative agreement reached this week, the city will cover the plaintiffs' legal fees and costs. More than 500 current officers will receive an average of 130 vacation hours each, while about 60 retired officers will each be paid $3,500, said Rocky Lucia, an attorney for the officers.

The agreement draws to a close a three-year legal battle that began with a 2006 federal lawsuit filed by Officer Bob Valladon, former president of the Oakland Police Officers Association, over the issue of "donning and doffing," in which officers said they weren't being paid for the time they spent putting on and taking off their uniforms.

The suit grew to include 571 current and former officers who said they hadn't been paid overtime for staying after their shifts or had been paid at the wrong rate.

City officials denied any wrongdoing. In court documents earlier this year, Arthur Hartinger, an attorney for the city, wrote, "The officers knowingly violated OPD policy by not submitting overtime slips and now, in the anonymity of a group lawsuit, they seek millions of dollars for work that they allegedly performed and which in most cases they cannot document."

The City Council voted 6-2 in closed session Tuesday to approve the settlement. The council is expected to formally ratify the deal in January.

Lucia said the city was wise to settle, as it could have been liable for as much as $20 million if a jury had ruled in the officers' favor.

Lucia and City Attorney John Russo said both sides had compromised. Russo credited new leadership at the police union with helping to forge the settlement.

E-mail Henry K. Lee at hlee@sfchronicle.com.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...BAH01B2FJJ.DTL

gotta get myself a government job

1.75 Million I'm so down with webster

Maybe those fat fucks should stop eating donuts so they can fit properly into their uniforms.

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Originally Posted by 124Y (Post 6722607)

Maybe those fat fucks should stop eating donuts so they can fit properly into their uniforms.

:confused: apparently your extreme hatred for the police has affected your ability to read. no where in that article does it say anything about the uniforms not fitting properly. your joke failed. you fail.

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Originally Posted by 124Y (Post 6722607)

Maybe those fat fucks should stop eating donuts so they can fit properly into their uniforms.

Thanks for making my fuxd up week slighly more entertaining.:D

that's the least of the problems regarding police and justice

That's messed up.. total lack of work etiquette. IMO, the only time you should be getting paid for is the time you're doing something useful... Always show up 5 mins earlier and leave 10 mins later if you want to move up in the world, doesn't matter if you're self employed or working for someone.

So I should show up at work in my PJs, and get dressed and brush my teeth at work?

No surprise. Humans will not be what we are now if we havent mastered the art of explotation.

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Originally Posted by Ax2-Y (Post 6722639)

It's an assumption for a joke you dumbfuck. Why don't you look up what the word "maybe" means? :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by 124Y (Post 6724550)

It's an assumption for a joke you dumbfuck. Why don't you look up what the word "maybe" means? :thumbsup:

so, because the police are looking to receive compensation for the time it takes getting dressed and undressed at work, i am to assume that this is because they eat too many donuts and can't fit into their cloths? great joke, jerry seinfeld. also, your use of "maybe" doesnt make your assumptive joke anymore relevant.

"maybe" you should go back to kindergarden and learn how to produce an original thought, you cop hating lemming. :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by Ax2-Y (Post 6724673)

Cop hating? Extreme hatred for the police? Since when the fuck did I say I hate them??
Don't hate on me if you don't get a joke or find it offensive. Im sure my joke is relevant as people do get it.

used to take me an hour to get ready for work 4 nights a week when I worked in a nightclub, I really need to sue them. thats 4 nights a week for a full year:

4 x 52 x 8 = 1664, after taxes. k, gonna sue small claims. thanks USA.

Back in High school when I worked at Earls, I had to iron my earls suit, get dressed, and stock up my area before I started my shift.
Does that count? :mad: