2007-01-23 03:59:29 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Union Negotiations....also cost of living, tax base, how many police per population, Specialties. All kinds of things go into that formula. I started out NYPD at 25k with a top pay of 58k. Long Island guys were getting over 90k at top pay.
2007-01-23 04:06:29 · answer #1 · answered by zebj25 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it depends on demographics and cost of living more than anything else.
Sure, a police officer who works in Monterey, California, a town with relatively little crime, might mike $100,000 a year as base pay. Of course a 700 square foot, 40 year old house in the same town might cost $750,000 to buy.
On the other side, a cop in Billings, Montana might make base pay of $30,000 a year but cost of living is much cheaper.
It's all relative.
2007-01-23 17:50:05 · answer #2 · answered by James P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm....you should have a unique definition of the be conscious 'appreciate' than I discovered turning out to be up. keep in ideas, this is more effective risky to be a small city cop. My nearest backup is ninety miles away by potential of aircraft (no roads). If I commence to lose a wrestle i will keep dropping it. this is unlike interior the flicks even as they supply up once you're down. They supply up once you're useless. Edit: i change into with a huge city branch. besides the actual shown reality that we were busier on an frequent shift, I pass over the protection of having somebody else at the different end of the radio.
2016-10-17 02:55:38 · answer #3 · answered by doreen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not that they make more, it's just that the cost of living in a small town is much less than a big city.
2007-01-23 04:07:05 · answer #4 · answered by karina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's not true...lol...
my first job as a cop, I made $8.94/hr. in a town of 2000 people in Colorado and Denver P.D. cops were starting out at roughly $38,000/yr. This was in 1996 - which by the way was when Clinton had his huge Law Enforcement grant programs...
2007-01-23 04:08:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They usually don't (not is California anyways). Big cities are where big tax dollars are. I live in a town of 32,000 people where officers make about $36,000 (close friend works here). In the big city nearby (18 minutes away), my husband makes about $80,000.
2007-01-23 04:26:19 · answer #6 · answered by Nurse Jacqui 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If this was true, small town cops wouldn't leave for bigger towns.
2007-01-23 10:23:27 · answer #7 · answered by nazilover1488 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They typically dont where I am at. It depends on the tax base. Typically larger areas can affort to pay more and recruit better trained officers.
2007-01-23 04:05:50 · answer #8 · answered by aj_reel 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thats a mis-statement. they don't make more money than big city police do.
2007-01-23 04:41:45 · answer #9 · answered by SGT. D 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it depends on taxes..also where the officer works
2007-01-23 10:21:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋