What I learned from an unfortunate incident with the NYPD

Re:What I learned from an unfortunate incident with the NYPD by learc83 on Monday March 03, 2014 @12:01AM (#7332123)

Those numbers don't sound right at all.

Bureau of Labor Statistics says the median is 55k. http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes333051.htm

Since you said NY is stingy, I tried other big cities. Here's a list of Chicago PD salaries. https://data.cityofchicago.org/Administration-Finance/Police... The only people on that list with a salary of 125k are ranked captain and above.

Here's the LAPD salary schedule. http://per.lacity.org/psb/lapd_salary.htm Not even close to averaging 125k

Houston PD http://www.texastribune.org/library/data/government-employee... Again, much lower than what you're talking about.

If cops in the 4 biggest cities in America aren't making that much, who is?

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Re:What I learned from an unfortunate incident with the NYPD by WildUtah on Monday March 03, 2014 @12:15AM (#7332165)

Cops generally make a lot more than the official base pay. They get lots of routine highly compensated overtime even when working only 2000 hours a year. Published figures usually aren't representative. Seniority gives mid career cops lots of opportunities to pad overtime hours. Check the actual pay instead of salary schedules.

Also, retirement with nearly full pay at age 50 is common.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010...

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-17/highest-paid-califo...

http://www.sacbee.com/statepay/?name=&agency=CALIFORNIA+HIGH...

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Re:What I learned from an unfortunate incident with the NYPD by auctiontheory on Monday March 03, 2014 @02:15AM (#7332450)

This Menlo Park police officer makes $133K in base salary, i.e. before overtime: http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_22382095/menlo-park-police-off...

That is significantly higher than the per-capita income in Menlo Park: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0646870.html

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