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TroyMcClure10 t1_j8nm0p6 wrote

I nearly threw up when I open and saw an officer making over 500k. That’s just insane.

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shant_jan t1_j8ns240 wrote

and yet their stans will still describe them all as "working class"

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majik_boy t1_j8nxdnv wrote

They work real hard to suck taxpayer money that could be going to useful things like infrastructure, education, climate initiatives, security nets

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SyndicalistCPA t1_j8nx9o7 wrote

Yeah, nobody who beats up and arrests striking laborers is "working class". Fascist shitheads is more accurate.

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waterandweights t1_j8o4ggm wrote

Do you want to get mad?

He was indicted in 2014 for padding overtime.

The charges were dismissed and he’s a police director now.

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https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/union-county/2022/01/25/plainfield-nj-police-director-james-abney-traffic-crime/9203821002/

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Dino1087 t1_j8q4ifw wrote

Do you know what dismissed means?

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mapoftasmania t1_j8r8waz wrote

Yes it means he is now pulling down $500k and has apparently turned padding overtime into an art form.

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Dino1087 t1_j8u1dd3 wrote

Yeah or dismissed because there wasn’t a case. So little jerk offs like you can sit on a Reddit message board and bitch and moan about other peoples salary

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mapoftasmania t1_j8u3sf6 wrote

What a tough guy. Obvious cop mentality. Weak.

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Dino1087 t1_j8ur6f5 wrote

Not a tough guy or cop. Don’t even have cops In my family. Just tired of babies on the internet crucifying cops from their keyboard like they know it all

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mapoftasmania t1_j8ureb3 wrote

So you think over half a million dollars a year is a fair salary for a cop?

Then you are a fucking idiot.

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Inspector-Tophat t1_j8o6o8h wrote

He's actually a Police Director with over 26 years experience. His base pay is $135k. Which, for someone holding a director title and decades long experience is normal. However, what isn't normal is the $400k "extra" pay. Do you know what that is? I mean I'd love to jump the gun and say he's getting that in cash but is that perhaps a sum of benefits like different types of insurance? Is that pension for retirement? I mean, I don't know.

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RedChairBlueChair123 t1_j8o783o wrote

It’s probably overtime, because (I think) your last few years padding your salary means more money in retirement

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DSJ13 t1_j8o8b3l wrote

The link seems to indicate it is not overtime.

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rpg25 t1_j8rrmjo wrote

Wrong. Overtime is not pensionable in NJ. Only your base salary is. He could work $1m in OT. It’s not going to increase his pension on cent.

Does anyone know if this guy “retired” before he took the director job? That could explain the large number. He could have retired from the police service and been cut a check for a career’s worth of unused vacation, holidays, comp time, and sick time (sick is capped at $15K and comp time 480 hours worth).

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mangeniius t1_j8og89t wrote

OT and pension. He’s not getting cash or hush money. That’d be silly.

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Sinsid t1_j8om54k wrote

It’s absolutely mob protection money.

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laurenzee t1_j8o7rkf wrote

Not just that, but 90% of it is "additional pay" and I'd really like to know what that consists of

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Eliagbs_ t1_j8oarf8 wrote

I saw a video of a young cop who’s bank account said half a mil in it. He had maybe been on the force a 2-3 years. That says a lot

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jersey_girl660 t1_j8ueghg wrote

No way that was all from the job. Even the highest paying agencies don’t start you out at 250,000 or even 150,000 a year.

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