{"id":302186,"date":"2023-04-24T19:44:47","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T23:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=302186"},"modified":"2023-04-24T19:44:47","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T23:44:47","slug":"pm-says-over-2-4-million-to-be-paid-to-police-in-rest-days-owed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/governance\/pm-says-over-2-4-million-to-be-paid-to-police-in-rest-days-owed\/","title":{"rendered":"PM says over $2.4 million to be paid to police in rest days owed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-302189 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prime-Minister-Roosevelt-Skerrit-1-e1682379814477-642x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"680\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has announced that over $2.4 million will be paid to police officers in Dominica for rest days owed.<\/p>\n<p>He made the disclosure during a press conference held recently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice have raised an issue with us in regards to their off days, that is, the off days that they were entitled to,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have been having discussions with the Police Welfare Association, the only delay in that is because there were no proper records outside of the SSU unit in regards to how many rest days officers would have had, and so we come to an agreement with the Police Welfare Association where there we no recorded rest days, especially in the out districts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Skerrit continued, \u201cAnd so the amount will be in excess of $2.4 million.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said those payments will be made at the end of May 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Skerrit commended the PWA for their professionalism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is good news for the police and I want to commend the PWA for their professionalism in their engagement and coming to the resolution in the best interest of their membership,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&nbsp; Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has announced that over $2.4 million will be paid to police officers in Dominica for rest days owed. 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