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On Thursday evening, a written opinion by U.S. Magistrate Judge Sidney Schenkier was released that ruled against police officers who claimed they were discouraged from filing overtime hours that they spent doing work on their BlackBerry. This class action lawsuit, which was filed in 2010 by 51 current and former police officers, stated that they were expected to respond to messages and calls when they were off-duty, but were discouraged from reporting this for overtime pay. Schenkier ultimately ruled that these officers could not prove that they would not be compensated for this work if they reported the hours.