The City of Jamestown is exploring the possibility of bringing back hazardous duty retirement for Jamestown Police officers.
Near the end of last week’s Jamestown city council meeting, the topic was brought up by Jamestown Police Chief Jeff Kerns.
Only one current Jamestown Police officer has the hazardous duty benefit due to joining the department when hazardous duty was available. Kerns said the city introduced hazardous retirement for its police officers in 2003 and ended it around 2012.
Kerns told the council implementing hazardous duty retirement would be a recruitment and retention tool for police officers. Mayor Regena Hinton said the city is going to continue to look into the possibility and examine what the costs would be.
