Chainsaw_chew
04-23-2008, 10:13 AM
:mad:I absolutely hated Bloomberg's response. You guys should have heard the tone of his voice when he spoke out against the union that's helping officers obtain better agencies. This guy is a millionaire and does not realize that these officers have families to feed. You can't live in NYC with $25,000 a year. When someone finally does something about it, he's complaining. :mad:
April 23, 2008
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is slamming the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association for offering to help police officers frustrated with their low salaries find higher paying police jobs outside the city.
Bloomberg says the offer is an insult and it's a situation the union created.
"It’s a disgrace,” he said. “Keep in mind the low salaries our police officers get for the first six months, and really for the first five years is because the PBA wanted that so they could move the monies to the more senior people in the agency – and then to go out and hurt the city that they supposedly love."
The union plans to post the jobs in the PBA in-house magazine and website free of charge. PBA President Pat Lynch released a statement about the move, saying:
"If the city of New York won't pay our members a fair and reasonable salary for the dangerous job that we do, then we will have to help our members find jobs in cities that will appreciate their work and pay them fairly.”
The NYPD has struggled to attract new recruits in recent years.
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly blames the problems on the $25,000 starting salary. In comparison, rookie officers in Washington D.C. make over $48,000 a year, and over $70,000 in San Jose, C.A.
The NYPD said it is not commenting on the issue.
http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=1&aid=80823
April 23, 2008
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is slamming the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association for offering to help police officers frustrated with their low salaries find higher paying police jobs outside the city.
Bloomberg says the offer is an insult and it's a situation the union created.
"It’s a disgrace,” he said. “Keep in mind the low salaries our police officers get for the first six months, and really for the first five years is because the PBA wanted that so they could move the monies to the more senior people in the agency – and then to go out and hurt the city that they supposedly love."
The union plans to post the jobs in the PBA in-house magazine and website free of charge. PBA President Pat Lynch released a statement about the move, saying:
"If the city of New York won't pay our members a fair and reasonable salary for the dangerous job that we do, then we will have to help our members find jobs in cities that will appreciate their work and pay them fairly.”
The NYPD has struggled to attract new recruits in recent years.
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly blames the problems on the $25,000 starting salary. In comparison, rookie officers in Washington D.C. make over $48,000 a year, and over $70,000 in San Jose, C.A.
The NYPD said it is not commenting on the issue.
http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=1&aid=80823