Lakeland police officers, sergeants, and lieutenants will get significant pay raises
beginning Oct. 1. Officers’ pay will rise by 6.1%, sergeants will get a 7.9% raise, and lieutenants will receive a 7.6% increase.
The City Commission approved the increases on May 18 after a wage study found the city was paying thousands less than comparable agencies. The raises affect 252 union-covered officers, sergeants, and lieutenants. They will cost about $1.5 million annually in wages and “slightly less than $2 million in total with the benefits added to it,” according to city Finance Director Mike Brossart…