Louisville football player arrested, charged with assault of a police officer

An officer on the street who is even moderately active can expect to spend several hours per week in court. If that's happening, then the department doesn't want to make a regular habit of asking those same officers to do overtime. They could easily become more mentally fatigued over a long period of time and interfere with their home life, driving attrition. There are officers who have no problem being in zombie mode, but they aren't usually going to be that useful on the street if they keep it up for a while. The uninformed officer might second guess that kind of decision and think its just about perception and money. Their friendly neighborhood C.O. can clear that up for them.