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NYPD Rookies Get $10,000 Raise, But Recruitment Ranks Still Thin

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: Crime & Justice News, May 21, 2008

"A $10,000 pay hike for NYPD rookies will surely

improve future recruitment but it comes too late to

prevent the department from shrinking, reports the

New York Daily News. Unable to fill the vacancies it

had with its lowball salaries, the NYPD's total

headcount for July 1 will be 1,000 fewer cops. The

NYPD eliminated the vacant jobs to meet City Hall's

budget demands for the coming fiscal year.

The department had been unable to find enough

recruits to reach its authorized headcount of 37,838

uniformed officers. Police Commissioner Raymond

Kelly said much of the recruiting problem stemmed

from the old starting salary of $25,100 for rookies' first

six months on the job. With the salary bump, the city

might have had better luck filling its recruit classes.

The new contract, settled by a three-member

arbitration panel Monday, raised the starting salary to

$35,881, and the top base pay to $65,382."

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