The union's campaign for a better wage agreement is set to escalate following two weeks of meetings

between the Police Association and Victoria Police. Police were offered a 2.5 per cent increase in February.

The union says the government's offer is below CPI and would represent a pay cut for members. Police Association secretary Greg Davies said the union would go to Fair Work to seek permission to hold a ballot for industrial action if a better offer was not made by the time the current agreement expires on June 5.

Mr Davies said he would "rather talk civilly" with Victoria Police, but the latest meetings had prompted the union executive to formulate a campaign to achieve better wages. The campaign will be revealed to union members later this month.

The ALP has labelled the offer a broken election promise, as the Coalition promised to increase police wages above CPI.

In 2007, police cut attendance at major events including the grand final in a bid to lift their pay offer from 3.25 per cent to 5 per cent. Speeding infringements also went unprocessed.

Victoria Police spokeswoman Melissa Heagney said the offer had been prepared in line with the government's public sector wages policy.