The law change over a decade ago prompted anger from the police. There may be something to that, but you have to decide if it’s worth that investment of money,” said McDevitt. “They’d rather they do it than a civilian, they think it’s safer. “In some states, civilians do it, but in Massachusetts, there’s been efforts against that.” This summer, he was appointed by university president Joseph Aoun to chair a board focused on improving the Northeastern University Police Department. Jack McDevitt, a professor in criminology and criminal justice at Northeastern University. “Detail work is usually being outside with a construction crew directing the flow of traffic, and that’s one of the big ways of making detail and overtime,” said Dr. Lawrence’s payroll had an “other” category, showing that about $50,000 of each officer’s pay came from “other” work. On average, officers in that city were making $9,000 of overtime and almost $40,000 in detail last year. Though not all of the payrolls broke it down, the data from Malden showed that police officers were largely making up the difference through overtime and detail work. Malden was similar, with an average base pay of $80,000, but an average gross of nearly $130,000. The average gross pay, or actual wages received, ended up being more than double that. In Quincy specifically, the average base pay, or the standard rate of pay, for police officers was about $73,000 a year. Though the average annual wage for police officers in Massachusetts in 2019 was $72,000 a year, those making the most in these towns often earned upwards of $150,000 in 2020. Mayor Thomas Koch made $160,000.Īn analysis of eight payrolls for 2020, received through FOIA requests to cities and towns in the Greater Boston area including Quincy, Malden, Gloucester, Lawrance, Randolph and Bridgewater, showed that top earners were almost all members of law enforcement. The other top nine earners on Quincy’s payroll were members of the police force and all made more than $225,000. Richard McCusker of the Quincy Police Department made $263,000.
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