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Police union warns of pay gap, Lake Havasu staff propose citywide positional analysis
Summary
The Lake Havasu Police Officers Association told council officers are paid below market and a 'senior' pay band has been frozen for years; staff said a positional/compensation study (RFP) will be started once the budget is adopted to address pay structure and recruitment/retention problems.
At the May 16 budget work session and public hearing, Michael Fuller, president of the Lake Havasu Police Officers Association, told the council the department is struggling to recruit and retain officers and said pay is below market. Fuller said the department currently has 10 vacancies and that long‑standing personnel practices are contributing to pay disparities.
Fuller told the council that some officers who performed the same duties are paid thousands of dollars a year less because a senior police officer pay band was suspended after the economic downturn. He said the gap has persisted for about a decade; in the public comment…
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