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I am amazed at the pictures. I have been an amateur photographer all my life and these are just stunning. I have to say well done, you have a new fan.

Saw this on Chronicle site. Some of the deserve it, like those school presidents. But why are police senior officers earning such fat figures in overtime? How many hours of overtime do they work in a day?

It depends on the assignment. If the Officer is assigned to the DWI Task Force, The regular duty hours are at night. DWI arrests are likely to go to court. Court starts between 8:30 and 9:30 depending on the court. The actual trial will not start till later and may last several days. The officer has to be there and ready to testify. Then there are the traffic citations that are written on Night shift. Those also have daytime trials. Under staff district patrols, this means the officer will go from call to call to call. At the end of the shift, said officer must input these reports. Then comes the overtime programs, an officer has a choice on which ones to work from hot spot patrol to traffic enforcement. Don't blame the officer, if we had a decent wage most of us would not work the overtime.

I was informed that this new service would be on the property just west of the Downtown Transit Center. The property had the temporary fire station until recently. There is to be a cab stand at this location, so the commuters will have a choice of a cab, local Metro bus service or light rail.

I think Metro still has a 30ft Neoplan, a 40ft Mercedes-Benz, and 40ft Ikarus still in the fleet. Metro Police use them. I see the 30ft Neoplan parked at TransStar on Old Katy Rd. and out and about at special events, I see the Ikarus parked at the Buffalo Bayou facility, now with special paint, and police lights, and I saw the Mercedes-Benz bus not too long ago with the special paint scheme. I think it was a portable Metro store.

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We have a picture of the Metro PD "Command Bus" on our website- www.fop98.org, along with other METRO busses on the PHOTO page.