Thank you again for your reporting. I am appaled the DPW gets a clothing allowence. Why arent they given 10 uniforms per year and that is all? The waste in Revere is outrageous. Dont even get me started on the police ‘detail’ with multiple cops earning overtime standing around when roads are being worked on. In most other places a low paid helper called a ‘flagman’ does that job because it is so damn easy a trained monkey can do it.
…” but is a stipend that is given to firefighters with the idea that they could use it to buy work clothing that the city doesn’t provide. The same longstanding allowance is also in effect for the police department and the Department of Public Works (DPW).”

Thank you again for your reporting. I am appaled the DPW gets a clothing allowence. Why arent they given 10 uniforms per year and that is all? The waste in Revere is outrageous. Dont even get me started on the police ‘detail’ with multiple cops earning overtime standing around when roads are being worked on. In most other places a low paid helper called a ‘flagman’ does that job because it is so damn easy a trained monkey can do it.
…” but is a stipend that is given to firefighters with the idea that they could use it to buy work clothing that the city doesn’t provide. The same longstanding allowance is also in effect for the police department and the Department of Public Works (DPW).”