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Governor's Security Officer Makes Lots Of OT

Gov. Robert Bentley has declared a state of emergency in response to a severe weather system that crossed the state.
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Gov. Robert Bentley has declared a state of emergency in response to a severe weather system that crossed the state.

The head of Gov. Robert Bentley's security detail made $16,918 in August including overtime.

Al.com reports the August income pushed Wendell Ray Lewis' salary, including overtime, so far this fiscal year to $153,000. That's with one month to go in the fiscal year. Lewis' salary is almost $50,000 more than the head of the state Department of Public Safety made in the same period.

Al.com reports that during the last four years on Bentley's security detail, Lewis has made $563,000, or an average of nearly $141,000 per year.

Lewis runs the state's Dignitary Protection Service. The director of the Alabama Law Enforcement Planning Agency, Spencer Collier, says he has ended overtime for the protection detail while the process is reviewed.

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