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The Suffolk County Police Department is one of the largest PD's in the country. With 2,500 Sworn Officers
and 500 Civillians members, Suffolk is one of the safest area's in the world. How ever there are a few bad area's
of which have their own Police Forces (Amityville, Riverhead). Other than that there is almost nothing! For doing
this they are paid an extremly high salary of about $97,000.
The starting salary is $57,811 and after 5 years is $97,958. This does NOT include overnight and holiday
pay. Some of the benefits include medical, optical and dental insurance for you and your family. You also get
13 sick leave days first year of service, increasing to 26 days after the first 3 years of service. You also receive
non-contributory pension plan. Members are eligible for retirement after 20 years of service at 50%
of 3 year final average salary. Vested retirement plan after 5 years. During your time you can be promoted to Sergeant,
Lieutenant or Caption, all of which increase your salary.
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