JURISDICTION

THE MONEY

THE DETAILS

Easton, Pennsylvania Police Department

• 2009, 3.5% plus $1,100
• 2010, 4%
• 2011, 4%

• Under the new contract, officers will have to start paying towards their health coverage. A single employee will pay $10 each pay period, an employee and one dependent will pay $30, and an employee with two or more dependents $39.

Eastside Fire & Rescue (Washington State)

• 2009, 7.55%

• Formula for calculating raises based on an average of 16 local fire departments in the Puget Sound region. The coverage area of EFR includes Sammamish, Issaquah, North Bend, Carnation, and portions of unincorporated King County.@

New Haven, Connecticut Police Department

• 3.5% annual raises from July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2011

• Officer health insurance contributions will rise from $250 a year to 6% of the total premium per member. An officer with a family plan would pay about $1,100 a year.

Orland Park, Illinois Fire Protection District

• January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2012, 4% annually

• Under the new contract, firefighters will receive a one-time $100 increase in the uniform allowance in 2011. Current uniform allowance is $600.

Pennsylvania State Police

• July 1, 2009, 3%
• July 1, 2010, 4%
• July 1, 2011, 4%

• The new contract gives the Department the right to fill certain positions and functions with civilians and permits it to use retired troopers to do some fingerprinting and conduct some portions of background investigations.

Yolo County, California Sheriff’s Department

• July 2008, 3.6%
• July 2009, 3.0%
• July 2010, 95% of salary survey based on total compensation

• Under the new contract, P.O.S.T. Education Incentive Pay was increased so that P.O.S.T. Certificates could be stacked with college degrees, up to 10% from 7.5%.
• Increases included doubling of bilingual pay up to $200 per month.
• Increases in vacation, health insurance, and health in lieu pay, additional life insurance of $25,000, and uniform allowance increasing from $700 to $1000 per year.