The province has since instituted a $10,000 recruitment and retention bonus for the province’s 400-odd sheriffs, something that falls outside the collective agreement between the BCGEU and the province.Ī provincial spokesperson said they anticipate that will cost government more than $6.4 million this fiscal year and more than $4.7 million the year after.ī.C. Their current starting pay is less than $63,000. One of the report’s recommendations is to increase sheriff pay to at least $85,000. have been postponed or cancelled this year because no sheriff was available to protect the court.Ī July internal report said a years-long recruitment and retention problem was caused, in part, by sheriffs quitting their jobs to take better-paying positions at municipal police agencies, whose starting annual salaries are sometimes roughly $20,000 more than what sheriffs make. “We strongly believe that we need to see these measures implemented prior to the commencement of collective bargaining to prevent further issues in administering justice,” Finch said.ĭozens of court cases in B.C. The union representing B.C.’s sheriffs says they should get an extraordinary pay raise to address a years-long staffing shortage weighing down the province’s courts.īC General Employees’ Union treasurer Paul Finch says the province should take that step before the next round of bargaining to stop an ongoing exodus of sheriffs, the law enforcement professionals charged with protecting prisoners, judges and members of the public in the province’s courts. By Zak Vescera, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter THE TYEE
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