300k a year and all of the free drugs you can handle. Other perks include blackmailing sex workers, strong arming food from restaurants, carefree drunk driving, and fantastic union benefits that "civilians" can only dream of.

Yep. Cops in my town routinely make more than the mayor with overtime they stole.

https://www.divestspd.com/p/seattle-cops-caught-scamming-overtime

There's a great pic of one of them sleeping in their patrol vehicle.

Seattle had one (or more?) of them making over 400k with "overtime."

SPD officers had a massive payday in 2024 owing to hefty 23 percent raises from the new police guild contract, which were applied retroactively for the past three years. Seventy-six officers made more than $300,000 in 2024, while nearly 400 officers cleared $200,000.

https://www.divestspd.com/p/nearly-400-seattle-cops-made-over

Isn’t it that LAPD basically is run by gangs?

Not including the cop gang members making money on the side

Dang, wtf was I doing going to school to get a real job when I could just grift my way to a pension at triple my current salary?

I wonder how this compares to the LASD? SD has more gangs, right? Intuitively I’d also expect more embezzlement from them.

This is why you don't have free healthcare or affordable housing

Just another one of America's failed experiments. Oppression everywhere.

I think you have your answer in "NYPD four times the size"

LAPD has ¼ the people to cover almost as many people over greater distances, so the overtime adds up.

They're having trouble hiring so the salary goes up too.

I'm not getting into whether more or fewer is better for the community. I will say that both need better training with emphasis on human rights and de-escalation.

these aren't street cops, they're senior detectives and admin. a sergeant makes about $125k with 20+ years of experience.

/shrug

We pay them this much to terrorize us and dismiss crime as "civil, not my problem"

ACAB.

i wonder what is the reason for that ~80k peak in nypd graph. do they have so many people working halftime, or what?