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Council raises police civilian pay scale to improve hiring and retention
Summary
After staff described difficulties recruiting and retaining dispatchers and animal control officers, council approved a revised civilian pay scale that raises starting steps for dispatchers and other civilian police staff and moves several positions onto a single non‑contract pay plan.
The War Acres City Council on March 17 approved a resolution revising the civilian pay scale for police department non‑union positions after hearing that the city has struggled to hire and retain dispatchers and animal control officers.
Deputy Chief Jason Allen told the council a pay plan last comprehensively reviewed more than a decade ago has left the city uncompetitive…
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