Deputies overtime questioned

Santa's elves may toil long hours at toy time, but Los Angeles Sheriff's deputies are piling up the overtime all year long. Dana Bartholomew in the Daily News.

Total deputy overtime has averaged $162 million a year since 2004, according to a county audit released over the weekend. Among the findings, 348 deputies worked 900 hours of overtime in one year - equal to six months of full-time work.

Furthermore, it said lawmen worked so many back-to-back shifts they risked being too weary to do the work