TELLICO PLAINS-Overtime rule changes may be on the horizon for the Tellico Plains Police Department.

Mayor Patrick Hawkins addressed the city council on Thursday night about overtime concerns in the Police Department.

Currently, the Police Department operates under a seven-day work period, meaning that overtime hours must be applied in those seven days. Under this work period, there is a 43-hour threshold for overtime.

Hawkins suggested changing the work period for the department.

"Police officers probably won't like this," said Hawkins, recommending the board vote on an ordinance to change it to a 28-day work period.

Under a 28-day work period, there would be a 172-hour threshold for overtime.

"With a 28-day work period, if you get into a week when an officer gets a lot of overtime, you have three weeks to level it out," said Hawkins.

See full story in the Sunday, Dec. 9, edition of The Advocate & Democrat.