It used to happen all the time. Sgts told beat officers to get busy or take a few days off without pay. Everyone else was told if they didn't get busy, they were going back to a beat. The only ones who could get away with it were the ones nearing retirement, were walking wounded, pregnant. If you wanted a purely administrative desk job then you had to make Sgt. Not all of these made-up jobs for officers like today. You won't find another large or medium sized department in a high crime area where