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April 22,
2008
For Immediate Release |
Contact: Albert O'Leary
PBA Communications Director
212-298-9190
or
Joseph Mancini
212-298-9150 |
PBA HELPS VETERAN POLICE OFFICERS
FIND BETTER PAYING JOBS
The
New York City Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association is offering
to list job vacancy notices from better paying police departments
for free in their in-house magazine and on their website as a service
to their members who are frustrated and angry about their inadequate
top salary.
PBA
president Patrick J. Lynch said: “If the city of New York
won’t pay our members a fair and reasonable salary for the
dangerous job that we do, then we will have to help our members
find jobs in cities that will appreciate their work and pay them
fairly.
“It
is difficult to describe the level of anger and frustration among
New York’s veteran police officers who need only look over
the border or across the river to find other police departments
that pay $20,000 to $40,000 a year more at top pay. Our members
are sick and tired of the rhetoric that praises us for our work,
credits us for making the city economically viable and then tells
us that the richest city in America can’t afford to pay its
police as much as cities with smaller tax bases and lower property
values. It’s no wonder that the number of veteran officers
who quit the NYPD without a pension has increased over 600% since
1991. And that will continue until New York complies with
the Taylor Law and pays its police officers a market rate of pay.”
The
PBA Magazine New York’s Finest publishes quarterly and is
the only way to reach active and retired police officers directly
at their homes. The PBA’s website, NYCPBA.org, is accessed
regularly by New York’s police officers for information of
interest to them and for employment opportunities.
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