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Dear Chief Fontenot:

Your question to this office is in reference to the correct calculation of minimum salaries paid police officers employed by municipalities whose population is between seven and twelve thousand. You suggest that the salaries of police officers, i.e., sergeant, lieutenant, captain, major, and assistant chief of police, are to be calculated on a percentage increase between ranks.

Such an interpretation is in contradiction to the precise wording of R.S. 33:2212.1, which provides:

§ 2212.1. Minimum salaries; municipalities between seven and twelve thousand population

A. Except as…