The City of Austin and the Austin Police Association (APA) have agreed to a four-year labor contract. Austin City Council just has to sign off on the agreement for it to be set in stone.
“Keeping our city safe is the most important priority for local governments. And having a strong, well-staffed police department is critical in achieving that goal,” Cronk said. “We already have a best-in-class police department and I want to thank all the men and women who serve every day for our community.
Austin Police Chief Joseph Chacon is just as enthused to have come to agreeable terms with the city over the contract. He’s confident the agreement will be of great impact to the department and the city in many beneficial ways. Across the board, officers will incur a 14% pay increase during the life of the contract, totaling $64.7 million. In order to better recruitment and retention, “we have utilized a creative approach that puts our money where our mouth is and gives further across-the-board increases of 1.5% to officers each year respectively if the City is not able to meet its hiring goals,” said Austin Interim Labor Relations Officer Sarah Griffin.
In the agreement as well are provisions that’ll let the city’s Office of Police Oversight investigate complaints against officers during the preliminary and formal investigative process. The OPO will be able to occupy space in interrogating officers.
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