A bill granting Howard deputy sheriffs collective bargaining rights to negotiate better retirement and benefits packages is a measure union officials said would boost recruiting efforts.
“The problem is all the surrounding agencies have better retirement and pay scale,” said Andy Mackert, president of the Howard County Sheriff?s Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 131, the sheriff?s union.
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