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Sergeant David Andrew<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Starting July month-end, police officers will receive a two percent salary increase \u2013 the second of three wage hikes under their latest salary agreement with the government of Dominica for the 2024-2027 triennium.<\/p>\n

In March this year, after a year-long salary negotiation stint, the government opted to provide an overall eight percent increase to the officers\u2019 wages – to be expended in three stages \u2013 3 percent for the period 2024-2025, 2 percent for 2025-2026 and 3 percent for 2026-2027.<\/p>\n

Payment for the first period was done in June 2025 and was retroactive since negotiations had concluded after the first year.<\/p>\n

Speaking with Dominica News Online (DNO), Chairman of the Police Welfare Association (PWA) Sergeant David Andrew Jr said, \u201cThus far, I can say that the government has honored its agreement to the police officers.\u201d<\/p>\n

He noted that under this agreement, officers across the board will receive a monthly risk allowance of $250 from July 2025.<\/p>\n

Andrew said that the transitioning of experienced special constables into regular officers was also a point of advocacy for his association. The government agreed that for first time in Dominican history, such transitions will be done, as is already practiced throughout the Caribbean region.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe felt it fitting because we have a number of special constables who have worked for ten, fifteen, twenty years plus and we believe that they have gained the necessary knowledge and experience and are well fitted [to come] into the regular police force,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026We appealed for special constables to transition to the regular police force and that was agreed [to] by government. Subsequent to that we submitted a proposal to government indicating how we feel the transition should take place in terms of training. Thus far, there has been appraisals of the special constables and a human resource audit is now being conducted to assess and evaluate at what stage the special constables are at,\u201d he told DNO.<\/p>\n

As to rumors of political and other forms of victimization being a hindrance to police promotions, Andrew said; \u201cPromotion in general has always been something talked about within the rank and file of the police force. I mean, there is no perfect science to decide who should be promoted over another.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to him, recommendations for promotions are presented by the police administration to the police service commission, in which the PWA has two sitting members who \u201ccan advocate for officers who we feel have met the criteria and should be promoted.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that such promotions are a deliberate judgement and that it is a common occurrence within organizations for some to \u201cfeel that there is some level of victimization [in which] some persons feel that they should be promoted over [others].\u201d<\/p>\n

He noted that the PWA has always been advocating and recommending officers that have made the criteria but have not yet been promoted.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we feel that someone is being over-looked, we will speak to our commission members. We will also speak to the administration. We even have written for certain officers so that they can be promoted,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Andrew became chairman of the PWA in March 2024. He and his team begun negotiations with the government almost immediately after. Negotiations for this new agreement concluded in March 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Starting July month-end, police officers will receive a two percent salary increase \u2013 the second of three wage hikes under their latest salary agreement with the government of Dominica for the 2024-2027 triennium. 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