Nearly half of LA's $300,000 earners held officer or detective titles, and among the Police Officer IIs in that group, average overtime topped regular pay.
I think you have your answer in “NYPD four times the size”
LAPD has ¼ the people to cover almost as many people over greater distances, so the overtime adds up.
They’re having trouble hiring so the salary goes up too.
I’m not getting into whether more or fewer is better for the community. I will say that both need better training with emphasis on human rights and de-escalation.
Okay I checked again and although the Los Angeles metro area contains over 10 million residents the LAPD is only responsible for about 4.2 million of them, because for instance Beverly Hills and Santa Monica have their own. Meanwhile NYPD is responsible for about 8.5 million people. So that’s twice the number and you are correct. My point is not completely invalid however, because NYPD has 4 times the personpower. And there’s still the matter of distances.
I think you have your answer in “NYPD four times the size”
LAPD has ¼ the people to cover almost as many people over greater distances, so the overtime adds up.
They’re having trouble hiring so the salary goes up too.
I’m not getting into whether more or fewer is better for the community. I will say that both need better training with emphasis on human rights and de-escalation.
LA and NYC are not almost the same size
Okay I checked again and although the Los Angeles metro area contains over 10 million residents the LAPD is only responsible for about 4.2 million of them, because for instance Beverly Hills and Santa Monica have their own. Meanwhile NYPD is responsible for about 8.5 million people. So that’s twice the number and you are correct. My point is not completely invalid however, because NYPD has 4 times the personpower. And there’s still the matter of distances.