Twin Peaks trial security needs prompt overtime exemption
WACO -- As McLennan County leaders prepare for the first trials from the May 2015 Twin Peaks shootout, commissioners have adjusted overtime rules for the Sheriff’s Office.
The county will offer overtime pay for extra hours deputies spend working trials related to the day that left nine dead, two dozen wounded and almost 200 behind bars. Typically, deputies receive time off to offset any overtime they work, rather than additional pay.
Chief Deputy David Kilcrease told commissioners that deputies are likely to accrue a lot of overtime because of the complexity of the security needed for the trials. The first trial is scheduled to start in April.
Many deputies work other jobs and likely won’t have time to earn the supplemental income during the trials, Kilcrease said.
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