Winnipeg police officers working more overtime compared to 2023 [Video]

The Winnipeg Police Service is seeing officers work more hours in 2024 compared to last year according to the latest budget update.

The second quarter budget update was released Monday and overtime hours for officers are up 17 per cent compared to 2023.

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The force is predicting the 2024 overtime budget will be over by $2.3 million.

Some of the main reasons for overtime are the high volume of homicides, critical incidents, fatal traffic incidents, and “overall increase in violent crime coupled with the complexity of investigations.”

“Overtime trend will continue as additional general patrol cars are regularly being added to address a high volume of calls for service, and callouts are being used to meet minimum staffing requirements as required by the collective agreement and to ensure public safety at protests, demonstrations and special …