Got what they need
Fresno Police Association President Jacky Parks
In Fresno, California, the deal struck between the city and the cops had city council member Lee Brand quoting Mick Jagger. Brand said, “A famous Englishman once said, you can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometime, you just might find, you get what you need.”
What the city needed was a way to save money. It’s estimated this agreement with the Fresno Police Officers Association will save the city about $7 million in health care and retirement costs. FPOA President Jacky Parks said it ends the threats Mayor Ashley Swearengin had made of major cuts to the department.
Parks explained, “This should help us to provide some stability for our officers; it lets them know they will receive a 2 percent increase as of December of 2016.”
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