APD launches program to double patrol officers' overtime pay amid staffing shortage

AUSTIN (KXAN) — In an effort to get more personnel to volunteer for overnight shifts, Austin Police is debuting a new pilot program that would double officers' overtime pay.The program, described in a memo from Chief Joseph Chacon obtained by KXAN, would double the regular rate of compensation for certain patrol overtime shifts.Attorneys for 8 indicted APD officers say beanbag rounds used during protests were ‘unknowingly defective’The rate would be for officers who volunteer t