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The Sarasota City Commission has approved a new three-year collective bargaining agreement with the union that represents the Sarasota Police Department. The salary scale, though, will be reviewed on an annual basis.

With its three-year collective bargaining agreement expiring at the end of September, a Sarasota Police Department union leader says a pay gap and anti-discrimination policy remain unresolved.

Sarasota police officer Eric Urbain, who leads the departments officer union, calls on the city to hold good-faith negotiations on a new contract.

With its collective bargaining agreement expiring this fall, the union that represents Sarasota police officers charges that the city is slow to respond to demands.

Officers in Sarasota are waiting to hear the outcome of negotiations on their contract, but things haven't gone smoothly. 

SARASOTA- Sarasota Police Officers warning of longer response times if they City of Sarasota does not come to the negotiating table. “We are potentially setting ourselves up for a public safety

Union leaders say they are seeking competitive wages and want an anti-discrimination clause to be added to their contract.