Creation of Dearborn Police Position Irks Union in Face of Recent Cuts
The new captain position will include an 8 percent raise, but will even out to the former job's costs with hourly and overtime pay, according to Police Chief Ronald Haddad.
Dearborn City Council on Tuesday approved the creation of a new captain position within the Dearborn Police Department, but not without pushback from some who felt that the move was unfair, given recent cutbacks to all city employees. The position will replace an existing position within the department, essentially “promoting” one of the department’s supervisory officers to the rank of captain. The measure was approved by council, 5-1, with Council President Tom Tafelski dissenting and Councilwoman Nancy Hubbard absent. Gregg Allgeier, president of the Police Officers Association of Dearborn, took issue with the fact that the position—which is salaried and an 8 percent higher payrate that the job it’s replacing—comes just after the 143-…
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9:14 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
by the way, this article is misleading, I understood the chief to state he wanted 2 captain positions more ›