A Colorado police department cut staff's hours by 20% without reducing their pay. A sergeant says he has more time to watch his kids play sport and goes to work in a better mood.

• The City of Golden Police Department moved all staff to a 32-hour schedule, including the chief.
• Staff are still paid the same. Employee retention has improved, Sergeant Ben Salentine told BI.
• Salentine says he has time to watch his kid's sporting matches and go to the gym. He also goes to work "in a better mood."

A police department in a small city near Denver cut staff's hours by 20% without reducing their pay as part of a four-day workweek trial.

The City of Golden started the pilot program in July, which generally cut employees' workweeks from 40 to 32 hours. All roughly 70 employees at the city's police department are taking part in the program, including the police chief.