Police take pay cuts to save colleagues’ jobs

 

 

 

 

In such wildly different towns as Norwood, Garfield, and Hawthorne, layoffs appear inevitable. Harrington Park already is pink-slipping officers.

In Rochelle Park, both patrol and supervisors signed off on the 1.5 percent base-pay decrease through the end of the year. The 20 officers also agreed to comp time when they work extra hours once overtime expenses hit $85,000.

Layoffs would have kept any tax increase under the state-mandate 4 percent cap.

It will be interesting to see what the municipality gives back now that negotiations are beginning on a new police contract.

 

 

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