After 5 Years Without One, Police Get Contract, Raises
For the first time in five years, Huntington Beach police are working with a contract.
The City Council on Monday agreed to give about 200 officers, dispatchers and jailers a 10% raise over three years, said Police Lt. John Arnold.
Members of the police union will receive a 4% raise retroactive to April, 3% in January 2000 and another 3% in April 2000. The contract will expire in October 2000.
Both parties accepted an agreement brokered by state mediators and the council, Mayor Shirley S. Dettloff said.
The agreement will cost the city an extra $1.9 million per year.
Police were vocal about their dissatisfaction of working without a contract, and at one point staged a sleep-out in front of City Hall. A few officers left for jobs with other departments in recent months.
The pay raises do not apply to police in management positions, such as lieutenants and captains.
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