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Police overtime... CONTINUED FROM PAGE A:1 Town Manager John Klimm said that the supplemental request for this year reflects the actual demand on the town's officers with regard to overtime. He said that when dealing with a crime or situation, "of- ficers obviously can't leave (just ) because it's the end of the day." The department'sovertime budget dropped from $1.1 million in FY'02 to a low of $821,000 in FY'05 and now stands at $871,000. Deputy Chief CraigTamash serves as the department' s budget director. He said that year to date,the department is $310,000 over its overtime budget , which is beingcovered through savings from unfilled positions. The plan for next year is to restore the cuts made since 2002 , which Tamash said would allow the department to bring back programs lost in that time. These include the "adopt-a-school" program and bike patrols on Main Street , Hyannis and other villages, among others. Vacancies Since moving its authorized strength to 115officers in2002, Tamash said,the department has never reached that level. Barnstable is a Civil Service department , which means it must follow the hiring guide- lines provided by the Civil Service law. That obligates the department to hirefrom a fist of state-tested candidates or make "lateral hires" from another civil service depart- ment. Effectively, that means about ayear'stime from when avacancy is declared to when an officer hits the street on his or her own, Tamash said, at least for those hired off the civil service list. There are now eight vacan- cies in the department , which recently made job offers to four candidates; two accepted and two declined. The department is also looking to make a lateral hire of an officer from western Massachusetts,which has the advantage of being immedi- ately available to cover shifts, astraining and certification is completed. Vacancies are part of a three-fold problem , Tamash said. Officers are spending more time in court Plus, the overtime budget has been cut over the last three years. The financial de- mands of overtime have been made up withfunds freed from unfilled positions. Tamash said that as of- ficer pay increases through negotiated raises, the cost of overtime also increases. "It amounts to a decrease in the number of hours, if you want to use the term, that we can buy," Tamash said. The request was to be in- troduced this week and was Delahimt and Barr find common ground in Falmouth By Edward F. Maroney emaroney@barnstablepatriot.com MAKING A GESTURE - At an ACLU town meeting in Falmouth on challenges to civil liberties, U.S. Rep. Bill Delahunt declares, "I owe my allegiance not to the president. Iowe my allegiance to the United States Constitution." When they met, "warm and fuzzy " would not have been the right description for relations between neophyte Congressman Bill Delahunt and an old Washington hand, Cong. Bob Barr.For one thing, the Georgia Republican was one of the leaders of the successful effort to impeach President Bill Clinton, an act the Democrat from Quincy was trying to head off. Yet last Thursday in Falmouth , the two found themselves on the same plat- form, sharing the same pur- pose: sounding an alarm bell over the perceived excesses of another chief executive , this time committed against civil liberties. The occasion was an emer- gency town meeting called by the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts to de- nounce warrantless domestic spying and the alleged use of secret prisons in which U.S. prisoners are tortured in other countries. "Our country is facing noth- ing short of a constitutional crisis,"said Carol Rose,execu- tive director of CKUM. "How will we restore the rule of law in the face of an administra- tion that asserts it is above the law?" Delahunt recalled working on the first Patriot Act after 9/11 with Barr and his fellow Republicans on aversion that "protected our country and existing civil liberties. The vote was 36 to 0, and it's been downhill ever since because of this White House." Barr, a former CIA agent, decried the administration's refusal to bring warrant re- quests before a special secu- ritycourt created by Congress to hear them."Ifthisis allowed to continue,"he said,'that will be the floor, not the ceiling" for future administrations of either major party to seize power. "There 's only one place the executive branch can take the power,"he said, "from us, the people." Already, Barr said, the spy- ing has been expanded to peace , environmental , arid civil rights. Rose agreed , adding that Quakers and even a vegan group in Barr's Georgia had been subject such scrutiny, She said pend- ing legislation would allow the government to spy on an individual or groupfor 45 days without a warrant. What's more, whistleblowers report - ing crimes to the press would be subject to 15 years in jail and a $1 million fine. Administration assurances that the government can be trusted prompted Delahunt to say that Americans have "ahealthy respect but a good dollop of distrust toward gov- ernment. That's what sets lis apart among democracies. " The speakers encourage'd their audience of more than 250 to oppose the administra- tion's drift by talking about the issues and becoming ac- tive. Delahunt said his focus would be on "impeaching this Congress" so that President Bush won't have afree ride for the remainder of his term. "We've got to become citi- zens again," he declared. 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