By law, California Highway Patrol officers receive raises based on what five other large law enforcement agencies pay police. Several California cities recently gave police substantial wage increases, leading to the biggest raise in 20 years for the CHP.
Author Archives: Nigel Duara
Nigel Duara joined CalMatters in 2020 as a Los Angeles-based reporter covering poverty and inequality issues for our California Divide collaboration. Previously, he served as a national and climate correspondent on the HBO show VICE News Tonight. Before that, he was the border correspondent at the Los Angeles Times based in Phoenix, deployed to stories across the country. He is a longtime contributor to Portland Monthly magazine and graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
