Gothamist: NYPD Gets 9.7% Retroactive Pay Hike

PBRK

Tue, 20 May 2008 16:16:52 -0500

you can if you resell your meds

Politburo

Tue, 20 May 2008 13:30:47 -0500

"and again, add in the value of the benefits like how the private sector calculate a salary and it will add up." Benefits certainly help, but you can't buy food or housing with health insurance.

JacqueMehoff

Tue, 20 May 2008 12:24:04 -0500

I thought NYC is the safest big city in America? Only if you're rich and a certain color. you're more likely to get hit by a car.

lanciano

Tue, 20 May 2008 12:17:46 -0500

$35k to start is better than 25k but is still an insult considering the rough conditions and the risks they take policing this city. Like it or not, NYC needs a large police force but the recruits aren't there. Mandatory overtime is overburdening some units and are sucking away these officers' weekends and personal lives. the conditions just suck. But we need cops. But if they keep leaving for other departments or city agencies (i've heard sanitation is actually a more attractive job in terms of compensation and having a personal life) we'll all be screwed. I've seen quite a few of them standing around looking like bored tools and there are cops around the country who have abused their power. You really can't lump all police officers into monsters or stand around do-nothingers, if I may coin a word. Bad apples and dead weight are everywhere. We need to compensate NYC cops well if we expect to be safe.

kissel

Tue, 20 May 2008 12:11:52 -0500

btw, part of that motivation was to get fatter lifelong payouts at the taxpayers expense which looks at the last years of pay.

kissel

Tue, 20 May 2008 12:10:44 -0500

its too bad good cops cant be compensated separately and higher than useless ones due to the way these municipal unions operate. we all just pay more for a lot of waste. also the low wages for rookies was the union's idea, not the city's - they wanted to funnel money to cops with seniority at the expense of the new hires.

JacqueMehoff

Tue, 20 May 2008 12:10:31 -0500

Gold dots are free. They only make 25k while in the Academy, again quite a decent salary for on the job training. and again, add in the value of the benefits like how the private sector calculate a salary and it will add up.

yoplay

Tue, 20 May 2008 12:00:07 -0500

if they'd stop going through bullets like skittles, maybe there'd be more money.

PBRK

Tue, 20 May 2008 11:59:05 -0500

Do you really want guys with guns only making $25K a year? I made more working at a copy shop in the City. And that was a low rung shop not a cushy gig like Pitney Bowes.

EricRoberts

Tue, 20 May 2008 11:55:34 -0500

HowBoutDemCowboys - I thought the low pay for rookie cops was directly related to the high pay for senior cops in NYC. And cops standing around is a much nicer deterrent than cops harassing people.

HowBoutDemCowboys

Tue, 20 May 2008 11:11:15 -0500

People bitch about how low the salaries are for cops, but it's directly related to how many cops there are on the payroll. If there were fewer cops in the city, the pay for those cops would rise. As it is, you can usually see a group of about 10 cops standing around and maybe 1 is doing actual work. It reminds me of seeing road crews where most of the crew is sitting or standing around while one guy is flattening gravel with a shovel.

JacqueMehoff

Tue, 20 May 2008 11:09:18 -0500

now stop yer bitchin. you still make good money PLUS benefits. Lots of benefits. don't like em, quit.

YELLOWFOOT

Tue, 20 May 2008 10:54:06 -0500

i know people who have made less then 25,000 the first yr. in their industry. 35,000 is not bad. SF prob pays well because they have higher property tax plus they have a much smaller area to cover

jaja007

Tue, 20 May 2008 10:21:39 -0500

Good for the cops. Now they should give them dunkin donut rations, and they'll be happy little piggies. :-) Just kididng. I'm a big cop supporter.

JMH

Tue, 20 May 2008 10:20:11 -0500

How are we paying for this, exactly?

tnturner

Tue, 20 May 2008 10:16:33 -0500

the spoils of brutality.

Rocknrope

Tue, 20 May 2008 10:15:47 -0500

Holy crap, can I move to SF and become a cop?

annieuro

Tue, 20 May 2008 10:12:59 -0500

They should get paid more anyways. Plus, this ruins my hot cop fantasy. I mean, what?

edEx

Tue, 20 May 2008 09:57:49 -0500

you're right in SF they make a "killing" http://www.sfgov.org/site/police_index.asp?id=27855

Anna_Merkin

Tue, 20 May 2008 09:42:22 -0500

I always thought it would be cool to be a detective. Then, I realized that the pay and bureaucracy stink. Good to seem them getting a raise.

VanessaNYC

Tue, 20 May 2008 09:35:52 -0500

Good. They should get paid more.

angry_mariner

Tue, 20 May 2008 09:34:08 -0500

Police officers in San Francisco make $72,956 their first year.