Fortunately the new Durham City Council is supporting the police and increasing salaries... Hopefully this will help lead to the reduction of the crime surge in 2022. City Council Approves Pay Raises for Durham Police, Firefighters https://indyweek.com/news/ninth-str...es-pay-raises-for-durham-police-firefighters/ January 20, 2022 Durham City Council members voted unanimously Tuesday to approve pay raises for police officers and firefighters of every rank, in an effort to counter staff shortages in Durham’s police and fire departments. The raises, which take effect immediately, are intended to bring Durham’s public safety salaries up to competitive levels, after years of falling behind. Police officers and firefighters will begin receiving increased pay as soon as their next paycheck, on January 28. “Durham will be where I believe it belongs, right at the top of the list of our peer cities in terms of compensating our first responders,” said Mayor Pro Tem Mark-Anthony Middleton. Before the raises, pay for Durham’s police and firefighters trailed behind market levels. Market research conducted by the city in August across 13 municipalities in North Carolina and Virginia found that Durham Police Department salaries lagged behind that of other cities by 12.4%, while fire department salaries lagged by 10.4 percent. Police recruits will receive a 10.6 percent raise, increasing their annual pay from $38,511 to $42,593. Firefighter recruits will receive a 14.3 percent raise, from $35,592 to $40,682 annually. Employees of higher ranks will receive proportionately equal increases in pay. The raises will cost the city a total of just over $4 million for the remainder of the fiscal year. Many Durham community activists have advocated for reforming or defunding the police, and reform efforts are underway, including the city’s new Community Safety Department. However, advocates for police reform did not comment during Tuesday’s meeting. Instead, Durham community members voiced their support for the raises in the public chat alongside the meeting’s livestream. The commenters included numerous police officers and firefighters. “Hoping to see the right thing done for Durham’s firefighters tonight,” wrote one firefighter ahead of the vote. The new compensation plans were developed collaboratively by the Durham Human Resources Department and the city’s public safety staff. Under the newly approved pay plan, Durham’s police and fire departments now offer the highest or second-highest salaries among a group of peer cities including Fayetteville, Greensboro, Raleigh, and Winston-Salem. City officials said they hope the increase in pay will help attract and retain new recruits to fill vacancies in both departments. Turnover rates among police recruits have increased from 43.3 percent to 55.6 percent over a 12-month period as of November 2021. To make up for the lack of personnel, Police Chief Patrice Andrews announced in December that high-ranking officers and detectives would temporarily join patrol units.
Nowhere in that article or this thread does it say Durham PD did not receive funding or received less funding than the prior year.
Go read the city budgets... I provided the link directly to the budgets for each year plus addendums.
I read them.Nowhere did it say Durham PD did not receive funding or received less funding than the prior year.
Well then go point to the direct lines in each budget and addendum that demonstrate this... if this is your claim.
As my previous post showed,crime rose in the cities that increased funding.Since Durham funding was increased by 5 % that goes for them too.
I have already posted articles showing funding was increased. You have yet to show The Durham PD was ever defunded.