City, Police Service conclude collective bargaining process
Following a long negotiation process, the City of Prince Albert and the municipal police service have settled a collective bargaining process.
On May 28, the Board of Police Commissioners signed off on the document, which outlines a contract set to run until the end of this year.
Acting Police Chief Jeff Rowden said officers have been without a contract since the middle of 2015. The situation was ultimately settled through arbitration.
“Sometimes people can be a little conflicted with that process, but at the end of the day, we’ve got to make decisions,” Rowden said. “If we have to involve a third party like we did this time, hopefully everybody is satisfied with that.”