Post by Logan on Apr 16, 2016 9:14:14 GMT -6
AUGUSTA — A bill that boosts the pay of law enforcement officers, including troopers, game wardens, fire marshals and marine patrol officers and their supervisors, by 12 to 18 percent is on its way to the desk of Gov. Paul LePage after a vote in the Maine Senate.
The bill, LD 1523, originally provided pay increases to law enforcement supervisors, who were departing state service in droves to take higher-paying jobs at the local or county level, according to state officials and advocates for the pay raise.
“The brave men and women who protect us from criminals and enforce our laws had their pay frozen during the recession, and it’s time to make them whole,” Sen. Stan Gerzofsky, D-Brunswick, the lead Senate Democrat on the Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, said in a prepared statement.
“They watched as their buddies in local police departments or county sheriff’s offices saw their pay raise with the cost of living," Gerzofsky said. "But their own salaries were stuck, even as their bills grew. This bill gives our law enforcement officers what they deserve.”
Read more: www.sunjournal.com/news/maine/2016/04/15/bill-boost-maine-law-officers-pay-heads-lepage/1907653
The bill, LD 1523, originally provided pay increases to law enforcement supervisors, who were departing state service in droves to take higher-paying jobs at the local or county level, according to state officials and advocates for the pay raise.
“The brave men and women who protect us from criminals and enforce our laws had their pay frozen during the recession, and it’s time to make them whole,” Sen. Stan Gerzofsky, D-Brunswick, the lead Senate Democrat on the Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, said in a prepared statement.
“They watched as their buddies in local police departments or county sheriff’s offices saw their pay raise with the cost of living," Gerzofsky said. "But their own salaries were stuck, even as their bills grew. This bill gives our law enforcement officers what they deserve.”
Read more: www.sunjournal.com/news/maine/2016/04/15/bill-boost-maine-law-officers-pay-heads-lepage/1907653