GRAND FORKS — Grand Forks County Sheriff Andrew Schneider believes the recently approved deputy pay scale is fair and adequate. Considering the pay disparity between county and city officers, he said an increase should have happened a long time ago.
At present, county sheriff’s deputies earn a minimum of $49,604.16 and a maximum of $70,723.67. New Grand Forks Police Department officers, on the other hand, start at either $62,561.82 or $64,033.86, depending on whether they’ve completed academy training.
“We’re $13,000 below the (Grand Forks Police Department’s) starting (salary),” Schneider said. “... I don’t expect to make what they do but, on the other hand, I think that we should at least be in the same ballpark.”
The deputy wage increase, approved in a County Commission meeting on May 2 , will go into effect on July 1. A patrol deputy’s minimum salary will be $60,000 – more than a $10,000 increase. The maximum salary will be $85,545.66.
Security deputies, who work in the county courthouse, will have a minimum salary of $56,603.78 – 6% less than patrol deputies. The maximum salary will be $80,703.45.
The pay raise for new Grand Forks County deputies will bring the department in line with starting pay at the other three law enforcement agencies in Greater Grand Forks, including the GFPD, East Grand Forks Police Department and Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
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