It's an 'armless joke.

I'd bet my left arm on that one.

The Venus de Milo is a statue of limitations.

Statue of limitations?  Does it come with pigeons?

(sorry, I couldn't resist.  ;-)))

the city also sits idlly by while its employees surf porn all day on the internet...in the new city building to boot too

This is ridiculous. The City should pay the money owed to the officers and move on. Geez. This is a no-brainer for many reasons ... 

Steve-

Whoops, my bad!

Didn't see your reply there at the bottom.

Inside- good observation. I suppose we'll all find out soon enough.

- Gretchen

Sounds like the City might be taking the position that the affected officers "sat on their rights" and by not filing timely claims for standby compensation, basically forfeited their entitlement to some of the retroactive pay?   Probably not a position that is fair to the officers,  but maybe a legally defensible one.  Seems like this could/should have been resolved by City officials without forcing a lawsuit.

Gretchen; I was answering the question from "Insidegal" above mine as "Yes".  I was employed at the police department during the time of the disputed payments....

McQueen-

Yes, they were officially on standby.

At least, from what I've read in the filing that doesn't seem to be an item of dispute. And BPD began making the payments, as noted.

The issue now seems to be (and again, we're in lawsuit mode so mouths zip up and we have to wait for legal filings) 
WHEN the retroactive pay will begin.

The contract was put in place in April 2004. Payments started in November 2008.

So that's roughly three and a half years we're looking at.

Thanks for comments and questions!

-- Gretchen

Were these officers officially put on standby by BPD management?  

Yes

It can not be a clear cut as the article would seem to indicate ... or is it?  I just can not see a responsible official choosing to fight a clear cut loser of a case  .. there has to be more to the story?    Were established procedures followed by these officers to obtain standby status? Were these officers officially put on standby by BPD management?   or maybe the officers believe they were in some sort of unofficlal kind of standby status ??   

Gee, I wonder how Tandy is going to "punish" the police now?  What will be taken away now?  I guess only time will tell.

What is wrong with the city? They made a mistake. Don't waste our taxpayer money fighting this when we support our officers and would like them paid fairly.

pay up sucker!

Pay the money you owe Tandy now or later with additional fees and penalties. It's your choice but you will pay.....