Police salary could be decided by ballot measure
Proponents of a measure to set salaries and benefits for Santa Maria Police Department employees based on an area average have started seeking qualification for an initiative on the November 2010 ballot. If approved on Nov. 2, 2010, the prevailing wage measure would guarantee police department employees compensation ”” at the minimum ”” that averaged the wages of other selected municipal police forces, county sheriff’s agencies in the Tri-Counties area and the California Highway Patrol.