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February 6, 2006
For Immediate Release |
Contact: Albert O'Leary
212-298-9190
or Joseph Mancini
212-298-9150
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LAW SUIT TO ALLOW NYC
POLICE OFFICERS
TO JOIN PORT AUTHORITY POLICE DEPARTMENT
Attorneys representing 34 New York City police officers filed
papers today in New York State Supreme Court in an attempt to force
the NYPD to release personnel records for police officers seeking
to leave the NYPD for the Port Authority Police Department (PAPD)
where police officers earn about 30% more. Approximately 150 NYPD
officers seeking employment at the PAPD have been placed on hold
because the NYPD refused to comply with the PAPD request for some
personnel records. The New York City Patrolmen’s Benevolent
Association is financing the legal action.
PBA, president Patrick J. Lynch said: “It is unethical and
immoral for a employer to prevent someone from seeking to better
themselves and their families simply because you don’t pay
a competitive salary. Port Authority Police earn about 30% more
than NYPD officers at top pay which makes it a very attractive job
to many of our members. The NYPD has refused to turn over some records
for these officers in a blatant attempt to prevent them from leaving
the NYPD because the department is suffering a serious recruitment
and retention problem. There is a simple solution to that problem
and that is to pay NYPD officer competitively with other departments
as required by the Taylor Law. That will fix the recruitment and
retention problem for the NYPD.”
The NYC PBA has also contacted the Chairman of the Port Authority
of New York and New Jersey requesting that they consider other methods
of acquiring the information needed to hire active NYC police officers
for their department while the union takes legal action to have
the records released.
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