'I'm just stunned' | Baltimore School police officer works overtime during regular shift

 

BALTIMORE (WBFF) — Project Baltimore has new developments in the investigation into overtime for Baltimore City School Police.

A City Schools police officer has racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in overtime, some of which appears to have been earned during his regular shift.

“I was floored when I looked at your stories, frankly,” said Ed Norris, a former Baltimore City Police commissioner, who sat down with Project Baltimore to go over our findings.

We showed Norris these overtime forms for Lawrence Smith, a longtime City Schools police officer and star football coach at Dunbar High School. Since 2020, Smith has earned at least $218,210 in overtime, which is the most of any Baltimore City school officer. We filed a public records request to see his overtime forms, and what we uncovered raised a lot questions...

'I'm just stunned,' Baltimore School Police officer works overtime during regular shift | WBFF (foxbaltimore.com)