City boosts pay for police with military experience
Providing new incentives to recruit and retain police officers, the City Council agreed Tuesday to offer advanced-step hiring for those with military experience, adding as much as $7,400 a year to their salaries.
The city also agreed to provide hazard pay for tactical flight officers who ride in helicopters and assist police officers on the ground. The city’s cost will be $517,000 a year, including pensions, or about $18,400 for each of the 28 tactical flight officers.
“We want to let the public know we are concerned about the recruitment efforts of the Los Angeles Police Department,” Councilman Dennis Zine said.
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