MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Federal authorities are ordering retroactive overtime for Wisconsin State Patrol officers who serve as bodyguards for Governor Scott Walker and other state officials. The U.S. Department of Labor is requiring the Wisconsin Department of Transportation to award overtime pay dating to May 19th, 2013, to nine State Patrol officers. Those officers make up Wisconsin’s Dignitary Protection Unit, which provides security for Walker 24 hours a day, seven days a week. That includes the Republican’s protection on the presidential campaign trail A WISDOT representative says the agency was notified of the decision Monday but said officials have not yet determined how much it will cost state taxpayers. A Labor Department spokeswoman in Chicago said she did not know yet if the decision was in response to a complaint.
