LAPD Officers to be Paid for Dressing Time

We got paid to get dressed before roll call in NYC. I think it's a fair law to be paid while putting on your uniform for work. I'd say 10-15 minutes is fair for both the start an end of a shift. I'm sorry to hear that Bratton was so against it, he usually does things for the benefit of his officers.

Good job guys! The administration and the city can't have it both ways...fair is fair. It's always the same story with almost every department...they expect everything but give nothing in return. Expect other departments to follow suit, especially if city and department administrators make "cost saving" decisions that negatively affect the troops....

You guys are making yourselves look like lazy morons. The people we serve all have to wear clothes to work. Does a businessman need extra pay because he takes the time to put on a tie? Restaurant workers with an apron? Looks like the only serving being done is self serving.

That is CRAZY.. talk about lazy. Im a cop, and its part of the job.. people dont get paid extra to put a suit and tie on!!

What ever happened to showing up to work on time???

Soldiers do it, for no extra pay. And yes, all that field gear, body armor, etc., do take time to put on.

Who will we bill for it in Iraq, the insurgents?

If this stands, will it affect the citizens we protect?

I know a Coca Cola driver who has to put on a work uniform every day. He does not get paid extra for it.

Before you get smug and hide behind the union and the courts.

Remember the court of public opinion. Oh, yeah, the taxpayers, remember them?

I am not against higher pay when we deserve it. But focusing on dressing time sends the wrong message.

We have to buy things for this job and can only get them from finite places, at inflated costs. THAT would make sense as an argument for more money.

Having to come to court on days off, funeral honors, being on call, etc.

Will other labor unions jump on this bandwagon? I hope not. Employers will cut back on paid hours.

From 40 hours a week, to subtract the 30 minutes a day you take to change clothes.

If we provide you a locker room, will the NFL use the same logic to up players salaries, and tack on the cost to ticket fees?

Let's all go to a 32 hour work week. Then subtract another 2 and a half hours for dressing time.

Now, you are working for less than full time.

Chief William J. Bratton may already be considering that.

Simple: Shift starts at 7:00 a.m., roll call at 7:30.

Anyone not in the locker room at 7:01 is AWOL. You now have 30 minutes to get ready for roll call, talk with outbound shift, etc.

Since waking up, shaving, showering and potty are needed as part of starting the work day, do we pay you for that too?

Being ex-military, I seem to remember something about duty, and personal responsibility.

Hmmm....Let's ask the taxpayers, remember them?

This is rediculous. If you can't put forth enough effort and dedication to your job to put your uniform on and be ready for work, get a different job. Whomever pursued this should be ashamed of themselves.

So, these guys get paid to put on clothes and take them off... Strangely enough, sounds like a more..."exotic" profession.

This is BS. Heaven forbid you lose 30 minutes of your day to your profession. There's gotta be tons of people that have jobs that show up to work already dressed. While this may not be the policy of a big department such as the one mentioned above, I still think your shift doesn't start til you are in uniform, in roll call/in your take home car cocked, locked, and ready to rock.

Not to mention the timing on this. Look around, departments are laying off officers because there isn't enough money out there to support them, so you pull this low-blow to score some extra steaks in the freezer? Give me a break.

We just went to this procedure after a lawsuit. This is nothing new, several agencys across the country have done the same thing. It did cause a few heartaches but has settled down now.

Ha! I am a state peace officer in Texas and we are not paid for getting dressed.

How did you California boys get this thing going? Did you all show up to work naked? Say, there's a protest idea!

PAY ME FOR GETTING DRESSED TEXAS OR I'LL SHOW UP NAKED (except for my picket sign)!!!!!!

HELL NO, WANT A SHOW?! HELL NO, WANT A SHOW?!

Ha! I am a state peace officer in Texas and we are not paid for getting dressed.

How did you California boys get this thing going? Did you all show up to work naked? Say, there's a protest idea!

PAY ME FOR GETTING DRESSED TEXAS OR I'LL SHOW UP NAKED (except for my picket sign)!!!!!!

HELL NO, WANT A SHOW?! HELL NO, WANT A SHOW?!