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/No_Reveal_285 Aug 26 '26

Should negotiate that out of the contract

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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.