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Police Detectives Contract Funding

At a glance

  • What: Four linked orders (Dockets No. 1671 to 1674) fund Fiscal Year 2027 costs of collective bargaining agreements for two Boston Police Department units: the Boston Police Detectives Benevolent Society (BPDBS) and its Superior Officers Unit (BPDBS-SO).
  • Where it stands: all four passed 13-0 on September 30, 2026, on committee reports from Ways and Means that the orders ought to pass.
  • Amounts: $1,951,894 for BPDBS and $1,366,093 for BPDBS-SO, each moved out of the Reserve for Collective Bargaining that was part of the original FY27 budget request.

Detail

  • Docket No. 1671 reduces the FY27 Reserve for Collective Bargaining by $1,951,894 and No. 1672 appropriates the same amount to the Police Department for the BPDBS contract. The contract term is July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026; it provides a 2% base wage increase in July 2025, an update to hazardous duty pay, and amended language on sick time buyback at retirement.
  • Docket No. 1673 reduces the Reserve by $1,366,093 and No. 1674 appropriates that amount for the BPDBS-SO contract. Same term and wage increase; the other changes are an update to hazardous duty pay and amended language on paid details and summer vacation schedules.
  • The orders were referred on September 16, 2026. Weber reported for the Ways and Means Committee. Each report was accepted and each order passed, 13 yeas (all councilors). The minutes print No. 1674 as referring to Docket #1671, which looks like a typographical slip.
  • No debate is recorded in the minutes.

Sources

Log

2026-09-30 - City Council

Ways and Means reported Dockets No. 1671 to 1674 favorably; all four passed 13-0. Total new appropriation for the two units: $3,317,987.

2026-09-28 - Ways and Means Committee

Ways and Means held a hearing on all four dockets. The budget director said the amounts match those approved in May and are only moving from the FY27 reserve into the Police Department budget. Councilors asked about police staffing and wellness funding, and the detectives' union president testified. No vote at the hearing.