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Mesquite police association urges council to reconsider pay parity policy, warns of recruitment shortfalls
Summary
Members of the Mesquite Police Association and law enforcement advocates told the council public comment that a city pay‑parity policy dating to 1992 has left patrol officers paid last among seven comparable cities and urged a public debate to resolve recruitment and retention problems.
Representatives of the Mesquite Police Association called on the council Wednesday to publicly debate and change a long‑standing pay parity policy that ties police and firefighter pay, saying the rule has left officers behind market rates and harmed recruitment and morale.
Bruce Zells, president of the Mesquite Police Association, told the council the department is last among seven comparable cities in the city's market-based pay analysis while firefighters rank…
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