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"We used to be the best-paid police department in the state; now we've dropped to the middle," Ames said. He added that in Quincy the police force is receiving a 16 percent raise over the next three years, in Somerville 18 percent, and in Newton, 20 percent.
Although council members said they supported Ames' statements, they said that city law makes them unable to intervene directly in police union negotiations with the city.
Ames said the union has been trying to reach a contract agreement with the city for six months. He added that the police will continue to operate under their old contract until the city makes them an offer which they feel compares with the salaries of police in neighboring communities...
The city is now offering a pay raise of a total of 11 percent over the next three years, but Ames said this number is far below the raises being offered in other nearby towns.
Ames said that in Boston, where a police officer was killed on duty last spring, the police were given a nineteen-and-a-half percent raise over a three year period.