Dear members,The NC Senate has passed the following regarding state law enforcement officers’ salaries:
·Allocates $8.9 million to standardize the experience-based law enforcement salary schedule and provide an additional 5.25% raise for sworn members of the State Highway Patrol, State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), and Alcohol Law Enforcement (ALE), who are included in this new salary schedule.
·SBI and ALE officers moving back to this step schedule will result in an average salary increase of 14.4%, including step movement. State Highway Patrol officers will receive an average salary increase of 9.2%, including step movement.
·This budget provides a $3,000 bonus over the biennium for local law enforcement officers.
·Most state employees will receive an across-the-board 1.25% raise in the first year of the biennium and a $3,000 bonus over the biennium.
·Correctional Officers will receive an additional 5.25% raise, for a total raise of 8.9%, including step increases.
·Probation and Parole Officers will receive an additional 2% for a total raise of 6.9%, including step increases.
·State law enforcement officers, State Capitol Police, and law enforcement officers within the Division of Marine Fisheries, Forestry, Parks, and Wildlife Resources, will also receive an additional 5.25% raise, for a 6.5% total raise.
It now goes to the House to be discussed, amended, and voted on.Now is the time to reach out to your local Representative to ask for a favorable vote on this important matter.You can do so by entering your information in the upper right-hand corner of this website.
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