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Abramson strikes out!

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RE: Abramson strikes out!

May 21st, 2009 @ 7:33PM (15 years ago)

Somebody's got to do it.

RE: Abramson strikes out!

May 22nd, 2009 @ 7:36AM (15 years ago)

Uhh, the CITY gave them the take home cars, initially, remember? The police didn't "provide themselves" with the cars, they simply fought to keep a benefit that had been theirs since the 1970s, and upon which their salary was premised. Keeping it out of the contract was to the benefit of both the city and the officers - but everyone around the table knew that having the cars meant the city didn't have to offer wages comparable to cities of similar size. It was always the elephant in the living room, as it were.

The biggest mistake LMPD/FOP has made is NOT encouraging officers to keep close track of all the extra work they've done over the years because of the years, those off-the-clock responses to, for example, the Fern Creek HS incident and the felon in the CJ parking lot. In both of those, off-the-clock officers were first responders, and I'm sure there are many more instances of it, as well.

EddieM