Many jurisdictions will pay officers to appear and many don't factor appearing into their budgets/schedules, so the officers are paid at overtime rates (time an

Many jurisdictions will pay officers to appear and many don't factor appearing into their budgets/schedules, so the officers are paid at overtime rates (time and a half). Many officer's don't mind having to appear... they make bank and many pensions are based on the three years of highest revenue (this is a method officers abuse in Wisconsin... they will work as much OT as they can for three years especially near retirement, since the legislature hasn't bothered fixing/forcing pensions to be based on 40 hours / week.)