Category: Quincy Police Department

Aldermen will receive update Monday on police contract negotiations

Posted by – March 9, 2012

The Quincy City Council will go into executive session Monday night to receive an update on contract negotiations with Quincy police officers and patrol officers.

Quincy Police Chief Rob Copley confirmed Friday afternoon that the police contracts will be discussed but would not provide any further details until aldermen are briefed.

Police officers and supervisors represented by the Police Benevolent and Protective Association Local 12 have been working without a contract since April 30, 2011. The previous one-year deal included no general pay increases. The city and the union are scheduled to go to arbitration in March.

This will be the second time the city has gone to arbitration since union contracts expired April 30, 2011. In November, an arbitrator ruled that Quincy firefighters with Firefighters Local 63 should receive raises of 2 percent this year, 2.5 percent next year and 3 percent in the final year of a three-year contract.

The city was able to reach an agreement with the city’s two other bargaining units — Machinists Local 822 and the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1108 — earlier in 2011.

The Machinists union represents employees at Central Services, the water treatment plant, the wastewater treatment plan and Quincy Regional Airport, as well as animal control officers and clerical workers at the Police Department. The three-year deal provides a 38-cent raise in hourly pay each year. Transit drivers will get a 2 percent raise in the first and second years of the contract and a 2.25 percent raise in the third year. Non-union city employees received a 1.5 percent raise this year.

Quincy’s new DARE car

Posted by – December 19, 2011

The Quincy Police Department's new DARE car.

The Quincy Police Department has a new ride for its DARE program.

The 2010 Chevrolet Camaro was seized following a murder investigation.

Chief Rob Copley said the Camaro will replace the former DARE vehicle — a late 1980s Chevrolet Monte Carlo. The department plans on getting a small light-bar for the vehicle and also a decal “wrap,” which it will eventually unveil at a press conference. The upgrades will be paid with grant money the department receives to support the program.

The has three officers that are certified to teach DARE to local students.

Quincy Police, Calftown residents discuss increase in meth arrests

Posted by – September 29, 2011

The Quincy Police Department and members of the West Central Illinois Drug Task Force met with Calftown residents Wednesday to discuss an increase in meth-related arrests.


 

National Peace Officer Memorial Day ceremony

Posted by – May 17, 2011

A brief ceremony was held at Quincy City Hall Monday morning to commemorate National Peace Officer Memorial Day. A haunting rendetion of “Amazing Grace” and “Taps” was performed during it to remember those who lost their lives on duty.

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