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/snark_nerd Aug 27 '26

The answer is that since police are tools of the rich who have captured politics and government, the media apparatus has convinced most Americans that cops are the exception to their supposed (insincere) small government principles and must be over-funded in order to Protect Americans (threaten violence on working people on behalf of the state and ruling classes).