OPP officers ratify 4-year deal to become highest paid cops in Ontario

Ontario Provincial Police officers are now nan highest paid successful nan province, their national says, aft they ratified a four-year woody past week.

The statement covers 2023 to 2026 and nan officers will spot raises of 4.75 per cent retroactive to nan first twelvemonth of nan deal, followed by an summation of 4.5 per cent successful nan 2nd twelvemonth and 2.75 per cent raises successful each of nan past 2 years of nan deal.

By nan extremity of nan deal, a first-class constable will gain a net of $123,194, said nan Ontario Provincial Police Association, nan national that represents astir 10,000 officers and civilian employees.

“We’re very happy pinch nan deal,” said John Cerasuolo, nan association’s president.

“We had fallen down our provincial policing partners to 32nd successful nan state and it’s go very, very competitory complete nan past fewer years successful nan policing occupation to pull and clasp people.”

The unit went to arbitration for its past statement successful 2019 soon earlier Premier Doug Ford’s authorities passed a law, known arsenic Bill 124, which capped wages for nationalist assemblage workers. OPP officers were caught up successful that caller law, which did not use to municipal workers.

That meant different constabulary forces crossed nan state were not taxable to nan costs cap.

Unions challenged Bill 124 successful tribunal successful 2022, arguing it was unconstitutional.

First a little tribunal agreed, which was followed earlier this twelvemonth by a ruling from nan Court of Appeal that besides recovered nan rule unconstitutional. Shortly aft that decision, nan state chose not to effort to entreaty to nan Supreme Court of Canada and alternatively decided to repeal nan rule entirely.

“Bill 124 came into play and we did not want to taxable our members to a 1 per cent summation complete nan first 3 years of immoderate contract, truthful our strategy was to hold it out,” Cerasuolo said.

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Once nan Appeal Court recovered nan rule unconstitutional successful February, nan national went to guidance to statesman negotiations.

The OPP said small astir nan deal.

“A caller OPPA corporate statement for azygous and civilian members was ratified connected July 18, 2024,” said OPP spokesperson Robert Simpson. “The statement applies to nan play of January 1, 2023, to December 31, 2026.”

Nearly 88 per cent of national members participated successful nan ratification ballot and of those, 93 per cent voted successful favour of nan deal, nan Ontario Provincial Police Association said.

The national besides secured much intelligence wellness sum for its members. The unit had struggled pinch progressive and retired constabulary officers dying by suicide. The unit mislaid 10 existent aliases erstwhile members successful 2018 alone, which prompted a coroner’s review.

Out of that review, nan national and nan OPP created an integrated intelligence wellness programme for some progressive and retired members. But part-timers and civilians were near out.

That has changed pinch nan caller deal, Cerasuolo, of nan constabulary union, said.

“That was 1 of nan large pluses location arsenic we had fallen down pinch our civilian membership,” he said.