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GARY â Gary officers and their union are warning that staffing and recruitment efforts will only get more difficult at the Gary Police Department after the administration vetoed pay raises and the council failed to garner enough votes for an override.Â
The Gary Common Council needed six yes votes to override the mayor s veto, but only five voted in favor. Council members Dwight Williams, Cozey Weatherspoon and Clorius Lay voted against the one-time pay boost, echoing Mayor Jerome Prince s concern that even a 3% one-time raise would be unsustainable in future years.
Gary cops are already among some of the lower paid in Northwest Indiana relative to some of the busier, higher crime departments, said Gary Police Sgt. Greg Wolf, president for Fraternal Order of Police Ben K. Perry Lodge #61.
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GARY â The city s police union is urging the Gary Common Council to override the mayor s veto of the 2021 budget at its Tuesday night meeting â a move that would uphold the council-backed 3%, one-time raise for police and fire personnel.Â
In a statement released Monday, The Gary Fraternal Order of Police Ben K. Perry Lodge #61 said its members strongly oppose Mayor Jerome Prince s veto of the council s preferred 2021 budget.
Prince s Nov. 24 veto eliminated a proposed 3% raise for firefighters and police officers.
In speaking with The Times this month, Prince and his acting finance director said it would be impossible to sustain the one-time raise in future years, given the city s financial stress.Â