On January 17 2003 William F. Buckley published an article titled “Rich Police” addressing the astounding pay of police officers. Not only did these men and women earn more money than any regular civilian, but they made more than the mayor himself. Buckley wrote this article shortly after the mayor of New York City, Mike Bloomberg, announced his intention to decrease the budget of the police department by 3 percent. Although this will result in a loss of income for the police officers, they will still be receiving a well amount of pay for the year. A report written by the Stamford Advocate in Stamford, Connecticut gathered the income of the 100 highest paid employees of the city. The city employee at the bottom of the list is a “police officer.”
