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The MS&C and UR Compensation Plan and IBEW increase includes a 2 percent cost of living increase and an additional City Health Benefit Contribution as well as a lump sum payment for MS&C and UR “to make the compensation consistent with the COLA increases that other employees are receiving.”
The total two-year increase for both groups is $782,776. Considering some essential positions couldn’t be added, and the fact that there were mutterings about a “deficit” during the hearings leading up to the approval of the budget, it’s interesting how the council could now be asked to approve an increase of this magnitude.
End of Watch: Small departments affected greater by loss of officers, experts say
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - Former law enforcement officials say an officer’s end of watch impacts a small police department like San Luis Obispo in a big way.
Retired FBI agent Dan Payne called it extremely devastating.
“It’s a very tough time for a law enforcement agency, especially a small one because you’re almost like family members,” said Payne. “They work together, they eat together.”
Pastor Bernie Federmann has helped other officers during tough times like this. He s a chaplain for Lompoc Police.
He said the best way to cope for a loss like this is therapy.
Lompoc police seek information on second homicide of 2021 as detectives continue search for suspects
LOMPOC, Calif. – The Lompoc Police Department is asking for the public s help in gathering information on Thursday evening s homicide. The department is on its second day investigating the incident.
At around 5:35 p.m., Officers responded to a call of shots fired on the 600 block of West Maple Avenue, near North N St.
Upon arrival, a 28-year-old man was found with gunshot wounds. He was rushed to a local hospital where he died from his injuries, according to Lompoc Police. At this time, it s still too early to say it was gang-related or not, said Sergeant Vincent Magallon. We re still on the preliminary investigation trying to determine what the motive behind the shooting was.