Indy FOP President Rich Snyder posted details of the deal online. He said the contract runs four years and focuses on retaining existing IMPD officers. Snyder said the starting salary for IMPD will be one of the best, and that mid-career IMPD officers will have some of the best pay in the state.
Snyder says under this new agreement, the average salary for an IMPD officer would increase by 24% over four years.
“After many months of hard work and good faith negotiations by the FOP and the City of Indianapolis, we have set the stage for the IMPD to first retain the officers we have, compete with surrounding agencies for new officers, and provide better wages and benefits for our officers and their families,” Snyder said in a statement. “Our FOP Executive Board UNANIMOUSLY recommends ratification of this contract and we thank Mayor Joe Hogsett and his team for their work to invest in police.”
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