this is yet another reason that police unions are a disaster that must be dismantled - they have built for themselves a structure that financially incentivizes pain and suffering and oppression in the name of endless overtime pay
Q: Aren't large-scale raids at 2 AM more difficult, dangerous and frightening, carry totalitarian overtones, and harder for the media and legal representatives to cover?
NYPD, smiling, nodding: And don't forget the overtime.