WESTMORELAND COMMISSIONERS RATIFY 5-YEAR LABOR DEAL WITH THE PARK POLICE

Westmoreland commissioners last week ratified a new 5-year labor deal for the county’s largest municipal police force, the Park Police Association of Westmoreland County, and issued the temporary halt of a hiring policy that officials claim has skewed hiring and pay scales throughout the government.  Commissioners said the policy has led to pay inequities among staff with identical job responsibilities. They are working to revise and amend the policy that dictates how job transfers impact pay.