Louisville police officers 'soundly' reject contract
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville Metro Police have rejected the proposed contract put before them. The Louisville Fraternal Order of Police announced Monday the voting members for officers and sergeants "soundly" voted against the contract.
In a statement to Spectrum News 1, the FOP said, "The officers and sergeants clearly feel that this proposal would not do enough to stop our constant loss of officers and would not adequately increase Metro’s ability to recruit the best talent available to the LMPD."
The contract included 9% raises to sworn LMPD personnel in the Fiscal Year 2022 and 3% raises in Fiscal Year 2023, marking what would be the highest single-year wage increase in the department's history.
In August, Mayor Greg Fischer and Ryan Nichols, president of the River City Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), announced they had reached a tentative agreement on the new contracts.
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