March 12, 2008
MeninoWatch: Mayor Deserves Raise, Should Join the BPD
Applications to the police academy will likely rise after the Globe reported today on the highest salaries from the city's payroll. Maybe Mayor Tom Menino, in his role as chief executive of the city government, can pull some strings and become a Boston police officer, who averaged $52,000 last year in overtime wages alone.
Menino, at $175,000, was the 109th highest paid city employee last year, behind 107 police officers and one firefighter. Captain William B. Evans, a police district commander, stacked the most paper: $120,833.63 in salary, $57,649.35 in overtime, $26,919.60 from the Quinn Bill, $21,710.00 in detail work, and $650.00 from "other." For a grand total 2007 wage of $227,762.58.
That may seem like a lot, but it's still 85 times less than Manny Ramirez will make this season, and almost 13 times less than Celtics go-to forward Brian Scalabrine. "Online journalist" salary figures will not be released for comparison.
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This just pisses me off. I don't know all the information, but why would a District Commander be doing detail work? Was there an instance that required someone of his level that a lesser paid officer couldn't do?
You wouldn't use a meat cleaver when a butter knife will do. You wouldn't hire a CEO when a admin assistant would do. So what am I missing?
Here's where I insert my standard line...that they won't need detail cops anymore, once they invent an orange cone that can drink coffee and talk on the cell phone.
I spent all of my parents' money on college because?