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Our next story is about police overtime.  Well, not overtime, because cops don’t make that. But during Easter, September celebrations and December, they do get paid for what’s called payment “extraneous hours.â€￾  Basically, it’s extra hours the cops work to keep criminals at bay while you celebrate.  

But, tonight, there is scrutiny surrounding the Police Special Patrol Unit, and particularly its commander Superintendent of Police Aaron Gamboa.

The so called “extraneous paymentsâ€￾ made to him and his unit for September have been raising eyebrows.  In Gamboa’s case - as commander he’s claiming 211 “extraneous hoursâ€￾ in September.  That’s an average of like 7 extra hours a day - every day, 7 days a week! And for that month, he is getting paid $3,165 dollars extra, which is almost the same as his monthly take home salary.

We have seen sheets with similar extraneous payments for other members of his unit - but his is the highest.

Today the commissioner of police said there’s no problem with it because the SPU in particular has to work all over the country during those festive months - including working through days off . He added, quote,  “At the end of the day - security comes with a cost.â€￾ End quote.