Oro Valley Town Council votes to give officers and sergeants pay raise

ORO VALLEY, Ariz. (KGUN) — The Oro Valley town council chambers were once again packed with a sea of blue shirts, all of them supporting a pay raise for Oro Valley Police Department officers and sergeants.

On Wednesday the mayor and town council unanimously voted to give them a pay raise after delaying the vote twice. They voted to delay any action on pay on May 7 and then decided to take off an agenda item regarding the issue on May 21.

“I’ve always believed that supporting our officers and being fiscally responsible are not mutually exclusive,” Mayor Joe Winfield said during the meeting.

Kristofer Knapp, the president of the Oro Valley Police Officers Association spoke before the mayor and council, giving them praise for a new plan they put the finishing touches on on Wednesday befo