You know who has a more dangerous occupation that police officer?
Pizza delivery driver.
Heck, police aren't even in the top ten.
Posted on 09/13/2010 10:44:39 AM PDT by MichCapCon
In Shelby Township, being the police chief doesn't make you the highest paid law enforcement officer in town.
That honor went to a patrol officer, whose gross pay (including overtime) of $112,211 in 2009 exceeded the police chief's by almost $4,000, according to documents received in a Freedom of Information Act request.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics data from May of 2009, police and sheriff patrol officers made $51,270 (not including overtime) on average in the state of Michigan. All but five of the Shelby Township patrol officers surpassed that average salary in 2009. The average gross pay of the 50 Shelby Township patrol officers was $78,402.
According to a Freedom of Information Act Request, the Shelby Township Police Department has 72 employees, of which nine made six-figure gross salaries last year, and another 13 made $90,000 to $99,000. Thirty percent of the police force was paid at least $90,000 for 2009.
Also, according to the "all funds" 2010 budget information online, Shelby Township's expenses exceeded revenue by $2 million.
Shelby Township is one of many municipalities that are paying lucrative salaries while in red ink...
(Excerpt) Read more at michigancapitolconfidential.com ...
MI ping on police salaries
In general I wouldn’t like to knock high pay for people who put their lives on the line and overtime for people who can get called out at all hours to do their duty.
Someone made the decision that it was better to pay him the overtime than to hire another officer. And considering the cost of benefits and retirement, they are probably right.
its getting insane
What is the crime rate and can that rate be kept at a minimum with less expenditures? That is the question that the taxpayer should ask.
If they are doing a good job.
MIke
They're too busy handing out tickets instead of tracking down terrorists that are trying to kill us!
.....you get in a situation where retirement pay is based upon total wages including overtime. In NY state they just had a 20 year police officer retire at age 44. His base salary was $89k, but by working a bunch of overtime his last few years his retirement is bumpe up to be $106k a year. It encourages him to quit. A lot of municipal and state retirements encourage a "sprint" at the end of service to boost retirement, where retirement ends up paying more than the guy's base salary. It pays to retire.
Fed service does the same thing, but the payout percentage is much lower so that employees always make less in retirement. You can't get paid more to retire and a lot more guys go to the mandatory retirement age.
You know who has a more dangerous occupation that police officer?
Pizza delivery driver.
Heck, police aren't even in the top ten.
“You know who has a more dangerous occupation that police officer?”
Virtually everyone in this day and age, especially since the vast majority do very little on a daily basis.
Flame on!
I should note that that is an anecdotal observation based on everywhere I have lived, with the antecedent supported by virtually all labor numbers.
Now, I’ve added my disclaimer.
Tracking down terrorists is not the primary job of a patrol officer. Getting drunk drivers off the road and ticketing clowns who drive 45mph in a 25mph neighborhood—along with responding to domestic situations, missing child calls, missing grandparent calls, fender benders, home invasions, B&Es, assaults, etc—that’s what a patrol officer is supposed to be doing.
lol....
Prepare for flames, FRiend...
Oh stop with that crap....No one is forcing them to be cops....
I don't want to pay $112,000 for cops....In fact, I don't want to pay over $60,000 for cops...
Cab drivers take more risks for crying out loud.
Just wonder how much of his OT was court time for people rolling throw stop signs and going 6 MPH over the speed limit?
I don’t call that amount of income “high pay”. That’s about what I make, it’s not that much.
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