The local "expired registration" cop makes $153k/yr with <6 years of experience. How much more do they really need to be paid? Minor side-rant: I know the law

The local "expired registration" cop makes $153k/yr with <6 years of experience. How much more do they really need to be paid? Minor side-rant: I know the law here is that you need to have the physical sticker, but why does the police department feel that the middle of a pandemic is the right time to take advantage of the DMV being slow to mail those stickers out? I bought the damned tags months ago, and they arrived in the mail this weekend...grumble grumble.