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Union representative and public speakers raise police facility and pay equity concerns
Summary
A West Virginia Police Benevolent Association representative described sanitation and mold issues at police facilities and urged pay equity; a council amendment to move $32,000 into police salaries failed. Multiple public speakers also praised police service and urged fair treatment.
Rich Gotska, staff representative for the West Virginia Police Benevolent Association, told the City Council that officers feel demoralized by substandard conditions in some police facilities and by perceived inequities in the recently proposed pay raise structure. "There is a concern about keeping and benefiting our veteran police officers," Gotska said, and he described sanitation problems, mold and electrical issues he documented with…
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