Council panel delays vote on detectives' raises
Boston's Ways and Means Committee held off voting on detectives' contract funding pending staffing answers. Chair Benjamin J.
City Council · Meeting of September 28, 2026
Boston's Ways and Means Committee held off voting on detectives' contract funding pending staffing answers. Chair Benjamin J. Weber said dockets 1671-1674, which move fiscal 2027 reserve funds to cover a 2 percent raise already approved in May for the Detectives Benevolent Society and its Superior Officers, could come up for a vote Wednesday.
Councilor Erin J. Murphy said the department is budgeted for 283 detectives but has only about 238, and a promised class of 25 new detectives has slipped from September to October. Councilor Edward M.
Flynn said a $500,000 amendment he offered last year for police health and wellness programming was voted down by colleagues. Union President Bob Griffin testified the union spent roughly $110,000, including $60,000 of its own funds, on health screenings the city does not budget for: "That's not the Boston I'm from," Flynn said in response.
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Source: the City Council meeting of September 28, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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