Opinion ID: 2205569
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Text: The peace officers raise the following issues on appeal: (1) whether the sergeants are exempt from the overtime provisions of the FLSA; (2) whether the peace officers who were not awarded compensation for their drive time by the district court are entitled to be compensated for their drive time; (3) whether the State's policy of requiring peace officers to take leave for absences of less than a day in connection with sick leave and personal leave violates the FLSA's salary-basis test; (4) whether the peace officers are entitled to overtime pay from November 5, 1995, to the present on the basis the State permitted them to work overtime; and (5) whether the peace officers are entitled to interest on their damages from the date of filing their action in state court. The State raises the following issues on appeal: (1) whether the peace officers' meal period is compensable; (2) whether the statute of limitations was tolled by the filing of the federal action; and (3) whether the district court erred in failing to utilize the eighty-six hour/fourteen-day 207(k) work period allowed for law enforcement personnel. We will set out the facts as they relate to the issues.