Letter to the editor: Jail officer’s double shifts represent abuse of overtime

Re: “Driver in rear-end crash that killed Cumberland girl told police he fell asleep” (July 26): My boss once told me that when his grandfather first came over from the old country, he mistakenly worked a 16-hour double shift in the coal mines of Scranton, Pennsylvania, because of his ignorance: He didn’t know he could […]

Re: “Driver in rear-end crash that killed Cumberland girl told police he fell asleep” (July 26):

My boss once told me that when his grandfather first came over from the old country, he mistakenly worked a 16-hour double shift in the coal mines of Scranton, Pennsylvania, because of his ignorance: He didn’t know he could go home after only eight hours.

How alert can a corrections officer be working double shifts? (Or nurses who work 12 hours straight?) I can’t believe that Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce has no say over this gross abuse of overtime. Time to wake up!

David Alexander

Gorham

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