Overview

• The two-year binding award gives uniformed officers 3% raises this and next fiscal year, a one-time $3,000 payment and longevity increases under a plan that totals $343 million over five years.
• It also provides one annual wellness day, a pilot allowing officers to use up to five accrued sick leave days for family care and a $5 million lump-sum payment into the union’s retiree trust fund.
• The panel funded Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s civilianization initiative to shift select departmental roles to civilians and free up officers for patrol duties.
• Arbitrators declined both the city’s bid to expand and the Fraternal Order of Police’s effort to curtail the Citizens Police Oversight Commission, preserving its existing review role.
• City leaders frame the award as critical to recruiting and retaining officers ahead of Philadelphia’s semiquincentennial celebration and major 2026 sporting events.