ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICERS WILL SOON BE GETTING RAISES. IT TOOK ABOUT TWO YEARS OF CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS TO GET TO THIS POINT, WITH THE CITY AND THE POLICE OFFICERS’ UNION AGREEING ON A NEW CONTRACT WORTH JUST OVER 12-MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
AS FOR WHAT SOME OF THE RAISES BREAK DOWN TO: FIRST YEAR OFFICERS GET A RAISE FOR JUST OVER 2-THOUSAND DOLLARS. THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED 20 OR MORE YEARS WILL GET ABOUT 15-THOUSAND DOLLAR RAISES. PAY FOR SERGEANTS AND LIEUTENANTS GOES UP BY MORE THAN 14-THOUSAND DOLLARS.
POLICE UNION PRESIDENT SHAUN WILLOUGHBY SAYS THE RAISES ARE A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. MAYOR TIM KELLER SAYS THE RAISES ARE PART OF ADDRESSING THE CITY’S CRIME CHALLENGE.
