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December 24, 2024 • 37 secs
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hpdpay has fallen behind other big cities and even our
own suburbs.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
Why would you go somewhere and make fifty five thousand
when I can go right up the street and make
seventy five thousand starting out.

Speaker 1 (00:11):
HPD Officers Union president Doug Griffith says the call volume
also stresses younger officers, and while the mayor's fighting for raises,
it'll still be a bit behind.

Speaker 2 (00:20):
Austin just got a twenty eight percent over five years,
and they're anywhere from eleven to fifteen percent ahead of
us already. So you had twenty eight percent of that.
That's a lot of money.

Speaker 1 (00:28):
He says. Cuts to their civilian staff have worsened the problem,
taking officers off the street. Andre Perard, News Radio seven
forty KTRH
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