Interesting... It does look like cops's salaries are below average in most states: https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/What-Is-the-Average-Av...

Below median and average in all states, actually. The data here only shows median but I did it for average as well. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23374398

Those numbers are significantly above median and don't include benefits or overtime.

Actually, 0% of them are even at median [1][2]. Here's the first few for comparison:

    State,PDSalary,Median,Difference
    Alabama,"42,383.00","49,396.00","-7,013.00"
    Alaska,"48,418.00","68,400.00","-19,982.00"
    Arizona,"44,987.00","62,311.00","-17,324.00"
    Arkansas,"42,668.00","49,778.00","-7,110.00"
    California,"47,600.00","70,001.00","-22,401.00"
    Colorado,"45,488.00","72,620.00","-27,132.00"
    Connecticut,"48,738.00","73,011.00","-24,273.00"
    Delaware,"45,549.00","65,002.00","-19,453.00"
    Florida,"40,904.00","54,401.00","-13,497.00"
    Georgia,"43,399.00","56,000.00","-12,601.00"

You can find the rest here: https://pastebin.com/wYcLzt6g

[1] https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/What-Is-the-Average-Po...

[2] https://dqydj.com/average-income-by-state-median-top-percent...