By the end of the deal, a first-class constable will earn a salary of $123,194, said the Ontario Provincial Police Association
Ontario Provincial Police officers are now the highest paid in the province, their union says, after they ratified a four-year deal last week.
, the union that represents about 10,000 officers and civilian employees.“We had fallen behind our provincial policing partners to 32nd in the province and it’s become very, very competitive over the last few years in the policing profession to attract and retain people.” First a lower court agreed, which was followed earlier this year by a ruling from the Court of Appeal that also found the law unconstitutional. Shortly after that decision, the province chose not to try to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada and instead decided to repeal the law entirely.
Once the Appeal Court found the law unconstitutional in February, the union went to management to begin negotiations.“A new OPPA collective agreement for uniform and civilian members was ratified on July 18, 2024,” said OPP spokesman Robert Simpson. “The agreement applies to the period of January 1, 2023, to December 31, 2026.”
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