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Golden police’s 32-hour workweek — for 40-hour pay — resulted in faster emergency response times, data show

Golden’s experiment, part of four-day week movement, may soon expand to other city departments

Cpl. Christian Farris walks to his patrol car in Golden in May. The first results from a pilot program launched last summer show promise for the continuation of a four-day work week at the police department, in which employees work 32 hours but are paid for 40. (Rebecca Slezak/Special to The Denver Post)
Cpl. Christian Farris walks to his patrol car in Golden in May. The first results from a pilot program launched last summer show promise for the continuation of a four-day work week at the police department, in which employees work 32 hours but are paid for 40. (Rebecca Slezak/Special to The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - OCTOBER 2:  Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio.  (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
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It might seem counterintuitive that reducing an employee's time on the clock by eight hours per week, while keeping their pay the same, will boost productivity — and cause costs to drop. But that's what happened, by and large, at the Golden Police Department.
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