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GOVERNORtS PRESS OFFICE STATE HOUSE, BOSTON 727-3600 <br /> FOR RELEASE NOVEMBER 15, 1971 RELEASE # 1/NV/70 <br /> STATEHOUSE, BOSTON - Governor Francis W. Sargent <br /> today signed S. 909,"An Act increasing the annual rate <br /> of compensation of certain heads of fire departments and <br /> police departments." He issued the following statement: <br /> "I have today signed legislation which provides <br /> that police and fire chiefs obtain a salary of from 1.5 <br /> to 2.0 of the compensation of a police officer or fire <br /> fighter, as the case may be. <br /> "I take this action with reluctance. Last year I <br /> did not approve this legislation. Representatives of <br /> the cities and towns agreed with my contention that sala- <br /> ries of chiefs should be upgraded, but on a local basis. <br /> All agree that there are inequities, with some chiefs <br /> getting little more than those they supervise. <br /> "There has been little action on the local level <br /> in the past yearto correct the situation. I urged the <br /> Legislature to give the local community the option of <br /> accepting a general bill, but my amendment was not adop- <br /> ted. I felt, therefore, that I had no alternative but <br /> to approve the bill." <br /> - 30 - <br />