Arlington Coalition of Police, I.U.P.A. Local #5001, under the strong leadership of President Randall Mason, with their I.U.P.A. Legal Counsel Justin Keating, has negotiated the highest starting pay in their region!

Significant gains also include:

  • $250 stipend for officers who report to the county on snow days
  • K9 stipend raised from $80 per paycheck to $360 per paycheck
  • Buying years of service for retirement purposes lowered from 2080 hours annually to 1950 hours annually
  • Court premium hours will not be associated with any time of day and the minimum will be paid in all circumstances
  • Officers will receive three times the rate of pay for mandatory holdovers
  • Improvements to service-connected disability benefits
  • And more (see images for more details)!

On this, Arlington Coalition of Police, I.U.P.A. Local #5001 President Randall Mason stated, “ACOP is really excited to come to a resolution with this CBA and avoid arbitration for the second time.  This collective bargaining agreement was an example of the two parties working together to a common goal.”

Mason continued, “We currently have 75 vacancies out of 376 positions.  We looked at where we were losing our officers and why we were getting passed up for other jurisdictions.  The cost of living in Arlington is too high for about two thirds of our officers.  We needed to give potential officers a reason to travel through other jurisdictions to work in Arlington.”

He closed with, “Our new CBA and pay scale addresses those issues and we believe will help to start filling our vacancies.  In less than a week since announcing the new CBA, we have already seen an increase in applications. This is only a one-year agreement and we’re looking forward to addressing additional concerns next year.”

Several news organizations published stories about this impressive accomplishment!

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