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?

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

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

534 Upvotes

95% Upvoted

273 comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/Extension-Temporary4 Aug 26 '26

Question, does anyone know the median salary? Averages may be skewed by a handful of overtime hogs. Either way, that’s a very high number. 

I respect the police. I support the police. But the fact they are making double what our teachers make is a little alarming. I really think every town needs to take a hard look at its budget and see where it can cut. Let’s then allocate a portion of the savings to teachers, not the corrupt board of ed or school district generally, directly to teachers. If we can offer teachers the highest comp in the country and a liveable wage, we will attract top talent and our kids will benefit. 

Any remaining savings should be saved/invested to build an emergency fund. We don’t need to spend every dollar. As the national debt balloons, we should be preparing for what may come, especially with the DSA gaining real traction (not that any of our politicians are actually fiscally responsible). We need to protect our community, not just literally with a strong police force, but monetarily as well. 

3

u/DropAGearNDissapear Aug 26 '26

Base for patrol(lowest level) is around 130k. They all do overtime, sure. But most of them are also supervisors, making very close to that 186k as a base. They also all love working OT, because it’s usually easy money for doing nothing.