How to Get Pay Raises for Your Campus Public Safety Department Officers

It’s no secret that a key ingredient to having an effective campus public safety department is ensuring officers are paid a competitive wage. However, since the pandemic, keeping officer salaries competitive has become a significant challenge with the inflation rate skyrocketing to 7% in 2021 and 6.5% the following year. Although inflation dropped quite a bit in 2023 and this year, it’s still higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic.This was the challenge facing Keene State College Director of Campus Safety Chris Buckley when he started his position at the school in July 2020. At that time, the starting pay rate for officers ranged from $14.69 to $17 per hour.In this interview Buckley, who is also a 2024 Campus Safety Director of the Year Finalist, describes how he was able to effectively advocate for an increase to $20 per hour for new officers and $24 per hour for sergeants.CAMPUS SAFETY SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS: ● Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/campussafetymagazine ● X (formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/CampusSafetyMag ● Instagram: https://instagram.com/campussafetymag ● LinkedIn Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1836305/ ● YouTube: @Campussafetymagazine CAMPUS SAFETY SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS: Facebook: https://facebook.com/CampusSafetyMagazineX: https://x.com/CampusSafetyMagInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/CampusSafetyMagLinkedIn Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1836305YouTube: @Campussafetymagazine