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As far as I know, police are are the only government employees in the US with a strong union and lobbying effort. Salary can get relatively high, especially wit
by xnyan 4y ago
As far as I know, police are are the only government employees in the US with a strong union and lobbying effort. Salary can get relatively high, especially with overtime and side benefits of employment like moonlighting as private security.
- alephnerd 4y agoMost public sector unions are quite strong (and I support that btw). My mom's union for special education teachers was able to negotiate an additional $15k out of the school district she works at, and same with some family friends of ours who are municipal workers (city accountants, sanitation workers, etc). And my own friends who work in the Federal Govt on the GSA pay scale have a strong union as well.
- ceejayoz 4y agoYep. The highest-paid officers also tend to be soon-to-retire officers. They get thrown a bunch of overtime by their bosses towards the end because their pension is based on their last x years of pay. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-newyork-pension/public-workers-spike-pensions-with-excess-overtime-idUSTRE6664UC20100707 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-newyork-pension/public-wo... > For example, a police officer with a history of zero overtime worked more than 800 hours of overtime in his last years on the job, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate said in a report.
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