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> 1. Cops make OK money compared to an average citizen, but not GREAT money. Their retirement is often tied to employment with a particular city, county, etc. T

> 1. Cops make OK money compared to an average citizen, but not GREAT money. Their retirement is often tied to employment with a particular city, county, etc. Too many disciplinary actions, or one really big one, will result in being fired, meaning you've also lost your retirement investment. Well, you just have to look at SF's salary database to see that cops don't make "OK money", but "pretty good" money. http://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/2014/san-francisco/ http://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/2014/san-francisco... Or, if you just want all employees with "police" in the name or title: http://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/search/?a=san-francisco&q=police&y=2014 http://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/search/?a=san-fran...

unit91 11y ago
According to Wikipedia [1], SFPD is highest-paid department in the US. According to the BLS [2], the 2014 median pay for a police officer was $58,630. Compared to society as a whole, that's ok money, but not great money. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Police_Department https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Police_Departmen... 2. http://www.bls.gov/ooh/protective-service/police-and-detectives.htm http://www.bls.gov/ooh/protective-service/police-and-detecti...
- MagnumOpus 11y ago
  It is great money once you consider that the massive gold-plated final-salary pension entitlements after 20 years roughly double their salaries compared to someone who has to save for his retirement himself.