More: Why did officials reject the proposed FOP treaty? Levinson said there are parts of the treaty where the wording is confusing, and she hopes the council will ask questions about the intent of those articles. For example, part of the contract revises the requirements that the government must meet in order to suspend public servants without payment. As in the previous contract, it would still require that the crime fall under “extraordinary circumstances”, such as the sexual abuse of a child or a crime. But the old treaty required that all “extraordinary circumstances” be met, whereas under the new treaty, an agent`s offense would have to belong to only one category to result in suspension without payment. But, Levinson said, there are still parts of the language in the treaty that might deny that. Otherwise, the new contract is identical to the one previously rejected by the police. The treaty for officers and sergeants contains similar provisions that remain unchanged from the previously rejected contract. But the new treaty garnered contempt from the Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression Board, which issued a statement saying LMPD officers should earn every raise they receive by treating citizens with respect and obeying the law itself. Levinson wrote a column published in LEO in May proposing six treaty reforms.

Fourth, which covers militarized equipment, complaints, and body and car camera footage, will be at least partially addressed by the proposed contract. But some parts of the treaty that she wanted reformed were not, including a section that says no police officer should be fired while the contract is in effect, and another part that gives the police service the ability to handle complaints against officers informally. Opponents of the treaty have argued that reform measures do not go far enough and reject the treaty negotiation process without public participation. “Most people can see that without paying our LMPD managers, we can`t seriously solve this recruitment and retention problem,” Piagentini said. “The LMPD, in my opinion, has the most important and direct role in terms of public safety, so if we really want to fight violent crime, we have to pass this treaty. Other parishioners, such as historian Catherine Fosl of the University of Louisville, criticized the opaque negotiation process. Activists pushed for contraction negotiations to be open to the public and for community members and the metropolitan council to have a seat at the table. Instead, Fischer agreed to keep the negotiations closed. The public`s campaign to change the contract continued after Breonna Taylor`s death, revealing flaws in how the Louisville Metro Police Department handles investigations into potential officer misconduct. If the contract is approved by the Metropolitan Council next month, it would give officers and sergeants a 9% increase for the current year, retroactive to July 1, and 6% in 2022-2023. The FOP said: “Our FOP Contract Committee has worked tirelessly during these negotiations to ensure that the LMPD is a department capable of recruiting the most qualified candidates and retaining our outstanding agents. We believe that this preliminary agreement could be another step in this process.

Officials and sergeants from the Louisville Metro Police Department approved a new, higher-paying contract with the city over the weekend, the River City Fraternal Police Order announced Sunday. If Metro`s board votes against the deal on Thursday night, it will have to return for further negotiations with the police union. The 26-member panel approved a nearly identical contract for LMPD`s leadership last month. An LMPD agent with 2-3 years of experience currently earns $57,803. Under the new contract, this amount would increase to $63,003 by June 2022 and to $66,788 in 2022-2023. In a tweet, Metro Councillor Anthony Piagentini, R-19, said the new contract, which must be approved by the Metro Council, will be submitted to the Labour and Economic Development Committee next week. If approved, it could be adopted by the entire Council by the end of the year. “Competitive compensation is essential to stabilize our policy,” he wrote. The contract is almost identical to the one approved by the Metropolitan Council earlier this month for captains and police lieutenants. Louisville activist and mayoral candidate Shameka Parrish-Wright, as well as advocacy groups such as the Kentucky ACLU and the Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, have also criticized the proposed treaty.

“The LMPD has shown us that community is not a priority,” reads the statement on the ratification of the treaty. “Salary increases don`t always lead to high-quality staff. Police training is useless if accountability is not prioritized. Tobe said it was content with a small concession such as clarifying some confusing clauses in the contract. Councillor Jecorey Arthur, of the D-4th District, said in a Twitter post Monday that he would vote against the treaty because LMPD must be held accountable through a fair and transparent contract. The contract is approved two months after base officials rejected a collective agreement that would have provided for a 9% increase for fiscal 2022 and a further 3 percent increase for fiscal 2023. In a statement issued at the time, the FOP said officers and sergeants felt the proposal “would not do enough” to reduce staff turnover in the department and encourage recruitment. The Louisville Metro Council will vote Thursday night on approving a new employment contract for police officers that includes the largest single wage increase in the department`s history. Earlier this month, the Metropolitan Council gave final approval for a new contract for the middle management of LMPD. It included a 20% wage increase by 2023, as well as a handful of reforms.

Reforms include mandatory drug and alcohol testing after critical incidents and changes in the nature of disciplinary records kept in an officer`s master files. While Project 490 will ask the Louisville Subway Council to vote against the treaty, some members are already lining up to support it. At last week`s committee meeting, LMPD chief Erika Shields said she believes the contract balances the need for higher pay to retain officers and recruit recruits with the reforms needed to reverse the department. .