A class action lawsuit has been filed against the state alleging police sergeants should be classified as hourly employees and therefore paid overtime. The lawsuit was filed in Marion County Circuit Court on behalf of all sergeants across the state and claims sergeants are paid a salaried wage as though they are supervisors, but their primary duties are not managerial.
The agency allegedly orders sergeants to account for all their time as either "supervisory-field" or "supervisory-non-field." The lawsuit claims sergeants who perform normal trooper activities such as responding to a drunken driver or ticketing a speeder track their time on the call as "supervisory-field," even though they are not supervising anyone.
