Those who pledged to protect and serve say Dallas County has not fairly paid them to do so.

Dallas County Sheriff’s Deputies filed a class action lawsuit in federal court, saying they’re owed years of overtime pay.

It’s a problem that Dallas County Sheriff’s Association President Christopher Dyer says dates back decades.

“We can go back to 2003 when Dallas County would force employees to work overtime, and they would only give them comp time. Well, now in 2023, they’ve come back and decided they didn’t want us to have all of this comp time anymore and they refuse to pay employees for that time they worked over the years,” said Dyer.

 “We have officers who have hundreds and hundreds and even thousands of hours that the county is simply trying to take away from them without compensation

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