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萨城警方加班费引众怒！两年花了3000万！
（FOX40）Newly released overtime pay numbers for Sacramento police cause community concern
萨克拉门托警方最新公布的加班费数字引起了社区的关注
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KTXL) — As Sacramento City Council members get ready to discuss the city’s budget for the upcoming year on Tuesday, newly released numbers from the Sacramento Police Department on how much they spend on overtime is causing some concern in the community and city council.
周二，萨克拉门托市议会成员准备讨论该市下一年的预算时，萨克拉门托警察局最新公布的加班支出数字引起了社区和市议会的一些关注。
In the last two years the Sacramento Police Department has spent close to $30 million on overtime and so far this year, close to $5 million.
过去两年中，萨克拉门托警察局在加班费上花费了近3000万美元，今年到目前为止，已经接近500万美元。
“Wow. That’s a lot of money,” said Sacramento District 4 Councilmember Katie Valenzuela, District 4.
“哇。那是一大笔钱，”萨克拉门托第四地区议员Katie Valenzuela说。
“It worries me. It frightens me,” said Sacramento business owner and resident Maisha Bahati.
“这让我担心。这让我很害怕，”萨克拉门托的企业主兼居民Maisha Bahati说。
In comparison, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office spent a little more than half the police department in the same amount of time.
相比之下，萨克拉门托县警长办公室在相同时间里花的时间只略多于警察局的一半。
Valenzuela says this is a problem.
巴伦苏埃拉说，这是一个问题。
“Clearly we are not addressing a root problem, which is how our officers are spending their time, and whether we are budgeting appropriately and staffing the city appropriately as a whole,” Valenzuela told FOX40.
“很明显，我们没有解决根本问题，也就是我们的警官如何花费他们的时间，我们的预算是否合理，整个城市的人员配置是否合理，”Valenzuela告诉FOX40。
Bahati says she feels her money is not being used appropriately.
巴哈蒂说，她觉得她的钱没有得到适当使用。
“You could hire more officers, quality training, with $12 to $15 million that they’re spending on overtime,” Bahati said.
Bahati说:“你可以雇佣更多的警察，进行高质量的培训，花费1200万到1500万美元在加班上。”
Tim Davis with the Sacramento Police Officers Association told FOX40 he agrees that the numbers are high, and he expected to see a spike in 2020 because of all the protests within the city.
萨克拉门托警察协会的蒂姆·戴维斯告诉FOX40，他同意这个数字很高，他预计由于城市内的抗议活动，这个数字在2020年将会上升。
He says there is a main reason why the department is paying so much overtime.
他说，部门支付这么多加班费是有主要原因的。
“We’re very understaffed especially in our patrol division, which means everyday we’re having people work overtime to fill the vacancies in that division,” Davis explained.
戴维斯解释说:“我们的人手非常不足，特别是在我们的巡逻部门，这意味着我们每天都有人加班来填补这个部门的空缺。”
“I don’t want to be in a situation where I have to wait If I am in a situation where I need police,” Bahati said.
巴哈提说:“我不想在需要警察的情况下再去等休假中的警察匆匆赶来。”
Valenzuela says the problem can be traced back to the needs of the community.
巴伦苏埃拉说，这个问题可以追溯到社区的需求。
“Increase funding for the community response. Increase funding for youth. Increase funding for all sorts of things that I believe will help reduce the pull on police resources and help redirect those resources to more preventative community enhancement activities,” Valenzuela said.
“增加对社区反应的资助。增加对青年的资助。增加各种各样的资金，我相信这将有助于减少对警察资源的吸引力，并有助于将这些资源转向更多的预防性社区增强活动。”
Sacramento City Manager Howard Chan has proposed a $1.3 billion budget that will be discussed on Tuesday.
萨克拉门托市经理Howard Chan提出了一项13亿美元的预算，将在周二进行讨论。
About $4.2 million of that proposed budget will go to the police department but will cover body cameras and equipment costs.
预算中约420万美元将拨给警察局，将支付随身摄像头和设备的费用。
Valenzuela says she will bring up the overtime issue during the meeting.
巴伦苏埃拉说，她将在会议期间提出加班问题。
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