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Baltimore Police union calls on city to support recruitment, retention

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Published January 2, 2024 at 12:42 PM EST

FILE - A shoulder patch is displayed on a Baltimore Police Department officer on March 31, 2016, in Baltimore. Two veteran Baltimore police officers are facing criminal indictments stemming from separate and unrelated allegations, city officials said Thursday, March 16, 2023. One officer is accused of sexual harassment and the other allegedly got drunk and belligerent at a Baltimore bar, assaulted two women and pulled a gun while refusing to pay his tab. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

(Baltimore, MD) -- The Baltimore Police union is calling on Mayor Brandon Scott and the City Council to support the recruitment and retention of officers in the new year.

FOP Lodge 3 President Mike Mancuso posted a message on social media saying public safety must be of the utmost importance or nothing else in Baltimore can flourish.

December 31, 2023
To the Women and Men of the Baltimore Police Department:
As we move from one year to the next, I am pleased to throw out the old (Harrison and Mosby) and to know that we survived them. And I am even more pleased to bring in the new (Worley, Bates, and Barron),…
— Baltimore City FOP (@FOP3) January 1, 2024

Mancuso is pleased that former Commissioner Michael Harrison and ex-City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby are out, saying Commissioner Rich Worley, State's Attorney Ivan Bates and U.S. Attorney Erek Barron have shown a willingness to work with the union.

Mancuso is looking forward to negotiating a new labor contract and making BPD officers the highest paid in the state, would be a great start to 2024.

Article contributed by 247newssource.com.