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Bill would reimburse municipalities when recruits lateral-transfer within three years
Summary
A bill heard March 27 would require reimbursement to municipalities that pay academy or training costs when a police officer, firefighter or EMS hire laterally transfers to a different municipal employer within three years.
The House Committee on Municipal Government and Housing heard testimony March 27 on House Bill 5950, a measure to reimburse municipalities that have paid academy or training costs when a newly hired public-safety employee leaves for employment at another Rhode Island municipality within three years.
Why it matters: Municipal leaders said lateral transfers after academy training place an unfair cost burden on smaller towns that invest in recruitment and training only to lose new hires to larger agencies. Sponsors described a sliding reimbursement scale to balance fairness…
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