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Monday, February 24, 2020

Scottsboro, Alabama - February 24, 2020 Scottsboro City Council Regular Session - Life Saving Awards Presented - Letter From Fraternal Order of Police Regarding Extremely Low Wages of Scottsboro Police Department Personnel

Life Saving Awards, photo by the Scottsboro Fire Department, Fair Use for Non-Profit News Reporting. To quote the Scottsboro Fire Department on this Facebook photo: "At tonight’s City Council meeting, the council along with SFD and SPD recognized the efforts of three individuals whose professionalism and courage helped save 7 citizens. Congrats and great job to Lt. Landon Baker (SFD), Sgt. Brian Eakin (SPD), and Robert Shook (Sboro/Jackson County Rescue Squad)!" Scottsboro Fire Departments Facebook Site: https://www.facebook.com/ScottsboroFire/  Scottsboro Police Department Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scottsboropolicedepartment/  Scottsboro/Jackson County Rescue Squad Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Scottsboro-Jackson-County-Rescue-Squad-481987821993468/  
Many thanks to these organizations and the dedicated citizens who are professional, courageous, and caring individuals who often are called upon to do life saving tasks in dangerous situations, placing their lives in harms way to save others and uphold the law. May God Bless all of you and your families.

VIDEO OF AWARDS CEREMONY


AGENDA

VIDEO
Letter from the Fraternal Order of Police to the City of Scottsboro begins at 13 minutes 2 seconds.
The letter regards low wages being paid to the Peace Officers of The Scottsboro Police Department, amounting to minimum wage level or slightly over. City Council members all agreed there needs to be improvements, quote from Council Member Bailey after reading the letter: "We know it is wrong, we know it is to low (referring to police officer wages), something has to be done, bare with us as we work through this, thank y'all."

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