Svorinich Urges Parks to Reconsider 3-Day Workweeks
Councilman Rudy Svorinich Jr. proposed Tuesday that Los Angeles Police Chief Bernard C. Parks, who last year ruled out compressed police work schedules, “reconsider his decision.”
Svorinich said a pilot compressed work schedule, which allowed officers to work three 12-hour days a week, “reported a number of benefits,” including a decrease in overtime, better “quality of life” for the officers and improved morale.
“Although the chief of police decided against implementing a compressed work schedule,” Svorinich said, “the benefits resulting from the pilot compressed work schedule in the LAPD warrant a thorough reconsideration of this decision.”
The oversight committee that evaluated the pilot program, which ended last year, indicated that the department could save a considerable amount of money if the compressed work schedule was implemented, Svorinich said.
Parks has said that the schedules do not benefit the city’s residents because it limits the department’s staffing flexibility and reduces the number of patrol officers available to work any given shift.
Svorinich’s proposal will be reviewed by the Council’s Public Safety Committee.
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