The Herald-Sun reports that a Durham audit of nearly $62,583 in overtime paid to a desk cop who overseas towing and moonlighting of fellow officers is coming to a conclusion. The key question is who authorized the payments. The story indicates an authorization is clearly required for payment:

Police Department policy, spelled out in a 2003 general order signed by former Police Chief Steve Chalmers, is that employees can’t be paid for work “performed without the knowledge and approval of supervisors.”

Overtime claims are supposed to be logged.

“All logs must be signed by the supervisor keeping the time and the employee, who by signing the form, indicates agreement with [the] log,” the order says.

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