Knocking over banks is for amateurs.
Local cops in towns and counties around New York state are robbing taxpayers blind with astronomical yearly salaries — including one officer who pulled down $442,000, a new report shows.
Tom Donnelly, who retired as a Ramapo school safety officer in August, earned the investment-banker-sized paycheck over a 12-month period ending in March — making him the highest paid local cop anywhere outside New York City, according to a report from the Empire Center.
By contrast, Gov. Cuomo made $179,000 last year.
The study showed that local cops like Donnelly are the highest-paid group of government employes in municipalities excluding the five boroughs.
“Personnel costs are the biggest part of most local government budgets, and thereby the biggest driver behind our high property taxes,” Empire Center Executive Director Tim Hoefer said.
A 27-year-veteran, Donnelly earned a base salary of $151,000. In 2015, he took home $156,000 with overtime.
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That guy's salary is far from the norm. If the town in NY chooses to pay that kind of salary so be it. By the way he has retired.
ReplyDeleteThey earn every dime!!! Cuomo is useless deserves a third of that salary!!!
ReplyDeletePlus they are said to be the best of all in the land.
ReplyDeletegood for him!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely not the normal police salaries. I absolutely want to become a local officer, something that's been to n my heart for few years but after checking salary I would be losing money. Also the judgmental hypocritical good old boys wouldn't allow someone like myself the opportunity even though I'm non felon but have had scrapes with law. It sickens me the lack of city police enforcement from mayor day and Duncan and the lack of fear from the thugs in this city.
ReplyDeleteCorrections Officers should get Twice what the cops on the
ReplyDeleteFree Outside Get ....and Double the Retirements too !!!!