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Posted: 7:32 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20, 2012

Police Union accepts pay cuts in city contract

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By Tiffany Griffith

Jacksonville, FL —

A two-and-a-half year battle between City Hall and Jacksonville's Police Union comes to an end.

Overwhelming support by police and corrections officers for a contract with the city, that would doc officer pay between 2-thousand and 4-thousand dollars per year. But, FOP President Nelson Cuba says there was a compromise.

"The city wanted a 4%, they wanted to freeze the STEPS, so it was a give-and-take by both parties," says Cuba.

Mayor Alvin Brown calls it a great compromise between the city and the FOP, and a win for taxpayers.

"This agreement will save the city $5.5-million this year, $7.3-million in each of the next two physical years," says Brown.

The contract still faces a vote by the Jacksonville City Council.

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