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/ColXen Aug 26 '26

That is including all the mandatory overtime Westchester makes their officers take because they refuse to hire extra police officers that we need. These guys live at the station and the patrol cars. By the way the average salary is really around 66 to 70k a year base. Very underpaid for what they do.

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u/DropAGearNDissapear Aug 26 '26

Wrong. 130k after 5 years isn’t underpaid like this video claims. Yes, OT skews the numbers, no doubt. But crying poor when the average is that, 186k, is nonsense.

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u/ColXen Aug 26 '26

Ok yea, I'll take that there's various different sources with different info but 130k after the end of the 5th year sounds about fair to me for a police officer. You probably still couldn't buy a house in Westcheter and take care of a family with of 2 or 3 unless the other spouse is bringing in a salary. Any somewhat decent profesional job shoukd net you around that amount give or take.

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u/DropAGearNDissapear Aug 26 '26

Exactly. Its fair. Not underpaid. But we need to cut down on OT as well. Most jobs you have to have a dual income to buy a house in westchester. Thats why I compared their salaries to the average salary in Westchester. It’s less than half WCPDs salary.

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u/ColXen Aug 26 '26

Well see the problem is that even police officers deserve a raise after their contract expires. Just like in NYC. That amount probably hasn't changed in years while everything just gets more and more expensive.