What is the Strategic Officer Staffing Plan (SOSP) and does it affect my overtime rate?
This is the voluntary straight time program that mirrors the fire departments extra board. This all came about as part of the FLSA lawsuit filed by the HPOU because many officers, especially those in patrol, were never allowed to use the compensatory time they had accumulated because the “Red Book” was always full. The program does not affect your overtime rate. Officers court pay and late calls are still time and one-half in pay or comp time just as it is currently being done. Again the key word here is voluntary when it comes to the SOSP. Any time you are mandated to work beyond your eight-hour shift is still time and one-half.
