Baltimore County lawmakers approved more than $500,000 to fund increased overtime costs for police, who attributed the need for overtime to a spike in robberies and burglaries.

Police officials said increased overtime directly correlates to recent increases in arrests. Robberies dropped from a 21.2 percent increase to a 13.6 percent increase from 2005 to 2006, and burglaries dropped from a 39.4 percent increase to a less than 1 percent increase during the same period, according to county records.

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