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The Ohio House has passed pension reform to combat police understaffing, but the bill faces an uphill battle in the Senate.The police shortage plaguing cities across the state may be one step closer to being fixed.'If we don't have that strong and secure retirement, we're not gonna be able to get our best and brightest to join this profession when we need them the most,' Ohio Fraternal Order of Police President Jay McDonald said.
'This bill would devastate public safety in our communities,' Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz said, noting that the proposed increased cost to the fund would be like laying off more than 40 officers. 'It would cause police and firefighters to be paid less well, and it would cause there to be fewer of them.
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