Two District of Columbia council members have called for the reform of the city’s costly police booking system, which requires officers to personally take arrest reports to court each morning after an arrest.

For decades, the city’s police officers have had to go to the courthouse to meet face-to-face with prosecutors before filing charges. The process takes hundreds of police officers off the street and costs the District nearly $5 million in overtime each year, money that could pay for at least 52 extra officers, Council Member Tommy Wells said.