Officials say LAPD lost more than 430 officers in their first year-and-a-half on the job. Will a raise help change that?
The Los Angeles City Council voted 12-3 on Wednesday, Aug. 23, to ratify a contract with the city’s police officers that would bump up their starting salaries by nearly 13% and provide annual base raises of 3%. Taken together with additional bonuses, officers covered by the contract will get a 4% to 6% wage increase each year for four years.
The department had 8,995 sworn officers for the pay period ending July 29, according to a report to the police commission. Union spokesperson Tom Saggau said in a statement that the council took a “bold and necessary step” to restoring the number of officers and expressed a commitment to working on efforts for more unarmed responses.
During a press conference ahead of the City Council vote, Hernandez said it was unclear how the city will pay for the nearly $1 billion in cumulative additional costs over the next four years, not to mention that it takes money away from other critical services.
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