JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — First-year Jacksonville Sheriff’s Officers are getting a $20,000 pay raise over the next three years. Jacksonville City Council unanimously approved a collective bargaining agreement with the local police union Tuesday.
Jacksonville’s Fraternal Order of Police President Randy Reaves said JSO has not been able to compete with the salaries of other sheriff’s offices. He said without this pay package, in four to five years the city would have been up to 500 police officers short.
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