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SHREVEPORT, La. A show of force from the Shreveport Police Officers Association (SPOA) hopes to sway city council members against a plan by Chief Ben Raymond for 12-hour shifts for his understaffed department.
SPOA President Lt. Michael Carter says 170 members voted unanimously against the plan and signed a petition, which Carter shared with KTBS 3 News. They expressed the fact that this would absolutely destroy them, Carter said of the membership s vote.
The union opposition comes as the city council prepares to vote on a resolution in support of the shift change. Councilman Grayson Boucher sponsors the city s resolution. He says he wants Shreveport leadership to send a message of support for the move to state lawmakers.
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SHREVEPORT, La. Two big issues at the city council meeting were too hot to handle at least as far as getting votes.
Both issues were tabled pay raises for the next mayor and council, as well as a firearms ordinance.
Let s take the pay raises first.
For the next elected mayor of Shreveport, pay would rise 30 percent from the current $95,600 to $125,000. And members of the 2026 city council would get a 70 percent boost, up from just over $15,000 dollars annually to $25,000. These would be the first raises for the city s elected offices in 20 years.
But a line of city public works employees watched the proceedings. Their leader, Rodriguez Hayes, told the council they ve gone without any kind of raise for eight years.