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NEW YORK, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- New York City's starting pay for police officers has dropped sharply as has the number of people signing up for the police exam and the trends may be linked.
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly told the New York Daily News the paycheck -- $25,100 a year -- is "a major recruiting challenge." The amount was fixed by an arbitration panel.
A total of 21,236 people signed up for the October exam, down 39.3 percent from last year's October exam. This year's sign-up period for the exam was also shorter than last year's, but even correcting for that difference the fall-off was 15 percent.
But officials say that even with a 35-percent drop from last year in would-be officers, the department will have an easy time filling its ranks. There is a backlog of 1,200 people who have passed earlier exams.
Patrick Lynch, president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, believes the department has a long-term problem and it's not the starting pay. He says that recruits are willing to sacrifice when they see a payoff down the road, but the $59,588 salary they get after five years is not enough of a payoff.
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