Baltimore Police Department, FOP Agree On Labor Deal With New Pay Incentives

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore Police Department and the national representing sworn officers person reached an statement connected a caller three-year labour declaration that lifts the starting wage for officers, provides across-the-board wage raises successful 2023 and includes different fiscal incentives, the section said Thursday.

The Baltimore City Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 3 ratified the caller declaration connected Wednesday, constabulary said.

Under the agreement, the starting wage for caller recruits volition beryllium bumped up 10%, to $60,146, starting successful July 2022.

At the commencement of 2022, a “patrol incentive” for officers who enactment patrol during an full fiscal twelvemonth volition beryllium doubled to $2,000, and other compensation for nighttime and evening shifts volition much than double.

The section is besides offering members with an associate’s degree, bachelor’s grade oregon master’s grade an yearly summation of $1,500, $3,000 oregon $4,500, respectively, each year, constabulary said.

In July 2022, each officers with much than 11 years of work volition person a 2% wage raise. The pursuing year, each members volition person a 2% wage bump, and officers with much than 19 years of work volition get an further 1%.

Top brass person identified $8 cardinal successful the fund that tin beryllium chopped to offset the outgo of the caller wage provisions, constabulary said.

In a release, the section said the caller wage operation is designed to combat attrition. Over the past 5 years, much than two-thirds of the officers who near the Baltimore Police Department had little than 5 years of service.

“We are assured that this targeted attack is simply a astute concern that volition importantly heighten our efforts successful attracting caller recruits, portion besides incentivizing retention for our experienced officers,” said Police Commissioner Michael Harrison. “We are pleased to person worked alongside the City and Union successful putting our officers archetypal and gathering a safer Baltimore.”

The declaration besides places the section successful alignment with a bid of sweeping reforms passed earlier this year by the Maryland General Assembly.

“I americium pleased that representatives were capable to hold connected presumption that amended the quality to clasp and prosecute caller officers and align our section with statewide constabulary betterment efforts,” said Mayor Brandon Scott. “The Baltimore Police Department remains a trusted spouse successful my effort to tackle violence, and we volition proceed to enactment with the FOP to place ways to little costs and trim unnecessary burdens connected our brave officers.”

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The declaration is inactive taxable to the support of the Board of Estimates.