Grass8989 t1_jczkhfw wrote
Reply to comment by d0ggyd0g in NYPD Blows Overtime Budget by Nearly $100 Million, On Pace for Record | The New York City Police Department’s budget overage defies a pledge by Mayor Eric Adams to cut overtime spending by half in his first year in office. by bloomberg
That would make sense, but progressives would have a fit, so instead we force the current cops to work inhumane amounts of overtime and start them at $42k in the most expensive city in the country.
_neutral_person t1_jcztdhd wrote
The low starting salaries were fought for by the union veterans at the expense of the younger POs. Maybe this was a gamble to slow recruitment, create a shortage, and then demand raises on the lower end while retaining salaries for higher ranked officers.
Maybe it's time to cut salaries at the top and give it to the officers at the bottom.
Grass8989 t1_jczyqvu wrote
Yeah, cut from the officers making top pay of 85K to give to someone making 42K, sounds reasonable.
Crimsonwolf1445 t1_jd2p7y1 wrote
No it was the result of negotiations with the city.
The city wanted low starting salaries in exchange for any raises.
The pba wasnt out here protesting for 42k salaries
markyymark13 t1_jcztlgk wrote
A majority of cops here in Seattle are making well over $100K. The city has done everything from hiring bonuses to paying them crazy salaries to the point that many police officers here some of the highest paid public employees.
And despite all that, we're still really short of police officers. So maybe pay isn't the end-all-be-all solution many think it is. Have you considered the idea that people simply don't want to be a cop? At least not in its current form?
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