Possible Pay Raise For Sergeants
Yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly announced that police sergeants would get a big, fat raise under a [tentative contract agreement] between the New York City Police Department and a police union, Sergeants Benevolent Association, which represents 10,000 active and retired police sergeants.
The deal offers a 27.5 percent raise over the course of the six-year contract, increasing salaries to more than [$103,000 a year]. The contract is important, now achieving six-figure salaries for sergeants in the NYPD, said SBA President Edward Mullins. The city has not yet reached a deal with the Patrolmens Benevolent Association, the largest of the police unions, and even this contract must be approved by SBAs membership before it becomes official.
Bloomberg has said that the current pay scale isnt enough to keep sergeants with the NYPD, so many are opting foryikes[the suburbs]. I think this goes to making this a lot more attractive than working in the private sector, this a lot more attractive than working for another police department, said Bloomberg. We would like to be able to pay all our employees more and have them be more flexible and work harder and there is a balance that you come up with.
While Bloomberg said, The place in the city where we have always thought underpaid was at the middle levelsergeants, lieutenants, were not sure [cadets] would agree.
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