JURISDICTION

THE MONEY

THE DETAILS

Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania Police Department

• 2005, 4.0%
• 2006, 4.5%
• 2007, 5.0%

Council Bluffs, Iowa Police Department

• July 1, 2005, 3.0%
• July 1, 2006, 3.5%
• July 1, 2007, 4.0%

• Switch from flat-dollar health insurance co-pay to percentage system.
• At end of contract, officers will pay 5% of premiums.

Keokuk, Iowa Fire Department

• July 1, 2005, 0.0%
• July 1, 2006, wage reopener
• July 1, 2007, wage reopener

• New post-retirement health insurance for employees only.
• City to pay full costs initially, and up to 10% in increased costs each year.

Lower Providence, Pennsylvania Police Department

• January 1, 2005, 4.0%
• January 1, 2006, 4.0%
• January 1, 2007, 4.0%
• January 1, 2008, 4.5%
• January 1, 2009, 4.5%

• Top step wage on January 1 will be $61,897.
• Health insurance co-payments to begin in third year of contract.
• “Drop program” added with four-year service duration.

Melrose, Massachusetts Police Department

• July 1, 2001, 2%
• July 1, 2002, 3%
• July 1, 2003, 2%
• Jan. 1, 2004, 2%

• Arbitrated decision which awarded police higher raise than paid to firefighters.
• Award, which caused local stir, implies that police work more demanding than firefighting.

St. Petersburg, Florida Police Department

• October 1, 2004, 4.0%
• October 1, 2005, 5.5%
• October 1, 2006, 5.5%

• Department had lost 80 officers in the last year and was facing a serious turnover problem.

Suffolk County, New York Police Supervisors

• October 1, 2004, 3.75%
• July 1, 2005, 3.75%
• July 1, 2006, 3.75%
• July 1, 2007, 3.75%

• Arbitrated contract largely follows pattern set by rank-and-file unit’s arbitration decision.
• New sick leave provision in 2007 will define as potential sick leave abusers those who use eight days or more per year on sick leave, and restricts certain assignment and overtime rights for those employees.