After seven years without a raise, New Orleans police officers should be given a 20 percent across-the-board pay hike, according to a staff recommendation to the Civil Service Commission. The staff report was seven months in the making.
The Lens reports that New Orleans Inspector General Ed Quatrevaux sees a big flaw in the analysis — it doesn’t factor in pension costs.
Starting salaries for police officers in New Orleans are about $34,400, while the regional minimum stands at $37,900, according to The Lens.
The staff recommended the pay raise be implemented over three years — entailing an immediate 10 percent hike, followed by 5 percent increases over the next two years.
The Police Association of New Orleans says that with pay schedules unchanged since 2007, morale is way down and the NOPD is losing officers to other police departments.
Read the full report at The Lens.
