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Did Dave Bronson raise police pay as mayor of Anchorage?

Matches stated record claim. A 2023 contract extension his administration signed with the police union raised wage rates 7.8% in 2024, with more raises each year through 2027.

Dave Bronson

Raising police pay

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What they say

His campaign says that as mayor he invested in public safety by raising police pay.

“invested in public safety by raising police pay”

What the record shows ·

On November 3, 2023, the police union signed a contract extension with his administration. It raised police wage rates 7.8% in January 2024, then 3.3% in 2025, 4.3% in 2026 and 3.3% in 2027, and ran the contract through 2027.

Limit: The deal needed the Assembly's approval; we did not find its vote. The Assembly added $3.3 million to the 2024 police budget for higher labor costs. The raises began in 2024, his last year in office.

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  1. About Dave Bronsonhttps://www.davebronson.com/about-dave

    Bronson Church 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign biography.

    candidate statement

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  2. APDEA administrative agreement 2023-02, contract extension (document)

    Municipality of Anchorage · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    A scanned PDF, read by OCR. Signed by the union president and the city's labor relations director on November 3, 2023. Raises wage rates 7.8% in January 2024, 3.3% in 2025, 4.3% in 2026 and 3.3% in 2027, and extends the contract to December 31, 2027. It takes effect on Assembly approval, and the parties would renegotiate a lump sum if it was not approved by January 28, 2024; we did not find the Assembly's vote. Page 1 is headed 'APDEA AA # 2023-01'; every other page says AA#2023-02.

    official office record

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  3. Human Resources: APDEAhttps://www.muni.org/Departments/employee_relations/pages/apdea.aspx

    Municipality of Anchorage · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The city's page for the police union contract. Lists the 2021-2027 agreement and administrative agreement 2023-02.

    official office record

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  4. 2024 approved general government operating budget (document)

    Municipality of Anchorage · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The budget the Assembly adopted for 2024 (AO 2023-95 as amended). Assembly amendment #52, line 9, adds $3.3 million to the police budget for labor increases; the mayor did not veto it. An earlier proposed amendment (Johnson No. 12, November 9, 2023 worksession) sought $2.85 million because the city and the police union had just closed a four-year contract.

    official office record

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