-I never quite understood why police unions across the country have to fight tooth and nail with politicians for decent working contracts, most of the public would be in favor of their police officers being paid decently yet these politicians always screw their own officers at the bargaining table.
-Here in NYC for instance, the NYPD's officers are amongst the lowest paid in the tri-state area, with their top pay lagging behind other surrounding jurisditions by anywhere from 10-35,000 dollars. Their starting salaries are also horrendous when you correlate them to the costs of living in New York, and as disgraceful as it sounds the guy making coffee at the local starbucks makes more than a starting NYPD officer. This has created a huge recruitment and retention problem in the NYPD and our dear mayor has even acknowledged it. Yet when it comes down to contract negotiations he offers our officers a joke of a raise which is barely noticeable and which by the way has concessions attatched to it which almost make it look like a pay cut! I can rant all day about the issue but my real question is why? Why do these politicians continue to do everything they can to keep police salaries so low?
-Here in NYC for instance, the NYPD's officers are amongst the lowest paid in the tri-state area, with their top pay lagging behind other surrounding jurisditions by anywhere from 10-35,000 dollars. Their starting salaries are also horrendous when you correlate them to the costs of living in New York, and as disgraceful as it sounds the guy making coffee at the local starbucks makes more than a starting NYPD officer. This has created a huge recruitment and retention problem in the NYPD and our dear mayor has even acknowledged it. Yet when it comes down to contract negotiations he offers our officers a joke of a raise which is barely noticeable and which by the way has concessions attatched to it which almost make it look like a pay cut! I can rant all day about the issue but my real question is why? Why do these politicians continue to do everything they can to keep police salaries so low?
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