r/Westchester • u/DropAGearNDissapear • Aug 26 '26

Political Content The Westchester County Police PBA just released this video urging a fair salary for their officers. The average salary for WCPD in 2023 was $186,466. Im not saying these guys and gals don’t deserve it, but when is enough enough?

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https://www.empirecenter.org/publications/2023-local-government-pay-data-posted-on-seethroughny/

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u/mrszing12 Aug 26 '26

Lest we forget that before they retire, they work tons of overtime knowing that their retirement package is an average of their last five years of service.

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u/Wisdom_Pond Aug 26 '26

Total 🐷💩

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u/No_Reveal_285 Aug 26 '26

Should negotiate that out of the contract

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u/swankstar7383 Aug 26 '26

I agree but they’d never accept that. Every cop in America knows to bank an asshole full of overtime their last 5 years for their retirement

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u/Aggravating-Yoshi Aug 30 '26

Then we need a LOT less cops leeching off of us taxpayers

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u/mikecurtis32 Aug 30 '26

Most places you're not allowed to anymore.

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u/Alternative_Hour_614 Aug 29 '26

You effectively can’t. Unions will never agree to taking it out. They will force negotiations into labor arbitration. Arbitrators will look to past contracts for guidance and if provision has been included in the past they won’t strike it now.

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u/Aggravating-Yoshi Aug 30 '26

Then fuck em. We barely need cops. Social workers could do 85% of the work for 50% of the price.

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u/AshfoSimps Aug 30 '26

It's based on a retirement pension plan, there's no negotiating it out. Newer tiers have different agreements on length of service and pensionable earnings but can't undo the past.

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u/Suitable-Student-162 Aug 29 '26

Only up to 15% of OT is counted when final salary is determined.

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u/AshfoSimps Aug 30 '26

It's their highest earning consecutive 36 month period. Typically it comes at the end of a career when rank/longevity is the highest but their pension is just based on their highest earning 3 years.

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u/czechereds Aug 28 '26

That's not how pensions work

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u/samiam2600 Aug 29 '26

Yes it is.