Youngsville Chief of Police Jean Paul “JP” Broussard is asking the city to consider raising the pay of police officers.
The Youngsville City Council, during a Thursday night budget meeting, introduced a plan that would raise the department’s starting pay from $42,600 a year to $45,000. Broussard, who refused a pay increase for himself, said the change is to keep up with other departments in the parish.
The new payment plan would cost the city around $300,000 a year…