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Council debates pay and experience credits for lateral police hire; chief defends policy to count corrections service
Summary
Cedar City’s police chief defended offering higher starting pay to a lateral hire who has corrections and patrol experience, while the mayor raised concerns about equity with incumbent officers. Council signaled intent to place the wage approval on next week’s consent agenda after staff supplies clearer payroll data.
The council spent an extended portion of its Oct. 8 work meeting on a proposed wage for a recently hired lateral officer, Avery Shumway, and the broader question of how the city counts corrections experience when setting starting pay.
Mayor raised concerns that the proposed starting pay for the lateral hire would place him above several incumbent patrol officers who progressed internally, and said he preferred internal equity and adherence to…
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