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Police officers warn council pay compression risks staffing crisis; call for CIP funding for facility
Summary
Master police officer Joseph Brown and Fraternal Order of Police representatives urged Norfolk City Council to fix pay compression and include a police facility in the capital improvement plan, warning the city cannot afford another wave of officer departures.
Joseph Brown, a master police officer and senior vice president of the Norfolk chapter of the Virginia Police Benevolent Association, told Norfolk City Council during a public hearing on the FY 2025'—26 budget that persistent pay compression and unclear career paths are driving officers away and risk a staffing crisis similar to past losses.
"A few years ago, we lost approximately 200 officers within our department," Brown said. He described the effect on…
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