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UNITED STATES DE PA R TM E N T OF LABOR
Frances Perkins, Secretary
B U R E A U OF L A B O R S T A T IS T IC S
Isador Lubin, Commissioner
in cooperation w ith
W O R K PROJECTS A D M IN IS T R A T IO N
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S a la r ie s a n d H o u r s o f L a b o r
i n M u n i c i p a l P o lic e D e p a r t m e n t s
July 1, 1938
VOLUM E II
Middle A tlantic Cities
Part I— New York City
Part II— Seventy Cities With Populations Greater Than 25,000
Part III— Appendix
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Prepared by the
D IV ISIO N OF C O N S T R U C T IO N A N D PUBLIC E M P L O Y M E N T
Herman B. Byer, Chief
B u lletin N o . 685
U N IT E D ST A T E S
G O V E R N M E N T P R IN T IN G OFFICE
W A S H IN G T O N : 1941
UNITED STATES DEPARTM EN T OF LABOR
F rances P e r k in s , S ecretary
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B U R E A U OF L A B O R S T A T IS T IC S
I sador
A. F. H
L t j b in , Commissioner
in r ic h s ,
Assistant Commissioner
Donald Davenport, Chief, Employ
ment and Occupational Outlook
Branch
Henry J. Fitzgerald, Chief, Business
Management Branch
Hugh S. Hanna, Chief, Editorial and
Research
Aryness Joy, Chief, Prices and Cost
of Living Branch
N. Arnold Tolies, Chief, Working
Conditions and Industrial Relations
Branch
Sidney W . Wilcox, Chief Statistician
CHIEFS OF DIVISIONS
Herman B. Byer, Construction and
Public Employment
J. M . Cutts, Wholesale Prices
Swen Kjaer, Industrial Accidents
John J. Mahaney, Machine Tabula
tion
Robert J. Myers, Wage and Hour
Statistics
Florence
Peterson, Industrial Rela
tions
Charles F. Sharkey, Labor Law In
formation
Boris Stern, Labor Information Bulle
tin
Stella Stewart, Retail Prices
Lewis E. Talbert, Employment Sta
tistics
Em m ett H . Welch, Occupational Out
look
Faith M . Williams, Cost of Living
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S T A T E , C O U N T Y , A N D M U N IC IP A L S U R V E Y
Jesse M. H
ii
adley
, Director
CONTENTS
P art I
Page
N ew York City
Summary_______________________________________________________________________
Employment and salaries:
Range of salaries and salaries in various occupations__________________
Types of duty for patrolmen_____________________________________________
Comparison of employment and salaries in variousoccupations_______
Hours and working conditions:
Hours of duty_____________________________________________________________
Employment hazards_____________________________________________________
Promotion of patrolmen__________________________________________________
Vacations with p a y _______________________________________________________
Items supplied to uniformed force_______________________________________
Pensions___________________________________________________________________
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P art II
Seventy M iddle Atlantic Cities
Summary_____________________ j ________________________________________________
Employment and salaries:
Range of salaries__________________________________________________________
Salaries in various occupations___________________________________________
Types of duty for patrolmen_____________________________________________
Comparison of employment and salaries in variousoccupations_______
Hours and working conditions:
Platoon systems___________________________________________________________
Hours of duty_____________________________________________________________
Promotion of patrolmen__________________________________________________
Vacations with pa y _______________________________________________________
Items supplied to uniformed force_______________________________________
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P art III
Appendix
T able A .— Number of employees and annual salaries in New York City,
by occupation__________________________________________________
T able B.— Total salaries and total number of employees in New York
C ity_____________________________________________________________
T able C.— Average hours and days on duty in New York City, by occu
pational division_______________________________________________
T able D .— Seventy cities covered by part I I _______________________________
T able E .— Number of employees and annual salaries in cities of 500,000
or more, by occupation_______________________________________
T able F.— Number of employees and annual salaries in cities of 100,000
to 500,000, by occupation_____________________________________
T able G.— Number of employees and annual salaries in cities of 50,000
to 100,000, by occupation_____________________________________
T able H .— Number of employees and annual salaries in cities of 25,000
to 50,000, by occupation______________________________________
T able I.— Total salaries and total number of employees in 70 cities____
T able J.— Average hours and days on duty in 70 cities, by occupational
divisions________________________________________________________
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Letter of Transmittal
U n ited S tates D epar tm ent of L ab o r ,
B u r e a u of L abor S tatistics ,
W a sh in g to n , D . 0
., J a n u a r y 5, 1 9 4 1 .
The S ecr e ta r y of L abor :
I have the honor to transmit herewith the second of a series of nine
reports on Salaries and Hours of Labor in Municipal Police Depart
ments. This report covers cities in the Middle Atlantic States. An
explanation of the purposes of the survey was given in the preface to
the first report, Volume I, New England Cities.
I sador L u b in , C om m ission er.
Hon. F rances P e r k in s ,
S ecreta ry o f L abor.
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FOREW ORD
This report covers salaries, hours, and working conditions for police
departments in cities and urban townships of more than 25,000
inhabitants in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. It has been
divided into two parts. Part I contains a discussion of the New
York City police department and information found in this section is
not repeated in part II, which deals exclusively with 70 other cities in
the region.
Since conditions in New York City are greatly different from those
in other cities, the combining of al] data would not dearly reveal the
typical salary rates and hours of duty for the entire region. The
New York City police department had more than 19,000 employees
with total annual salaries in excess of $57,000,000 as compared with a
total of only 16,000 persons receiving about $37,000,000 for the other
70 cities covered by this report.
Gerald M. Whitright and M. F. Thurston prepared the analysis
and arranged the presentation of data in this bulletin. Editing and
tabulation of data were by Mahlon B. Buckman. Carol P. Brainerd
was technical adviser.
V II
Part I
N ew Y ork C ity
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300281°—41------2
B u lletin
7s[o. 685 (V o l . II) of tke
U n ited States B u rea u o f Labor Statistics
Salaries and H ours o f Labor in the N ew Y ork C ity
Police Department, July 1, 1938
Summary
On July 1, 1938, employment in the New York City police depart
ment totaled 19,556 persons and required an annua] salary expendi
ture of $57,495,000. On the basis of the 1930 population police
salary expenditures were at the rate of $8.30 per capita and employ
ment was at the rate of 28 per 10,000 inhabitants.
Table 1 shows comparable figures for the five largest cities in the
United States. Per capita costs in all the large cities were much
higher than the average for the country as a whole; and New York
City, which has a difficult problem of policing, had an exceptionally
high per capita expenditure, although the ratio of police to popula
tion was not very different from that for other large cities.
T
a b l e
1 .— Em ploym ent and total annual salaries in police departments of the 5
largest cities of the United States 1
Number of employees
City
Population
Total
New York C ity ___ -_ _ ___________ ___
Chicago_____
_
___ ___ _
Philadelphia
_ _ ___ .
___
D e tro it..________ _ - _ - - - - - - ____
L osA ngeles-_ __ _ _ _
Annual pay-roll expenpenditures
6,930,446
3, 376,438
1,950, 961
1, 568, 662
1, 238, 048
19, 556
6, 833
4, 898
4,007
2, 771
Per 10,000
of popula
tion!
Total
28 $57,495,119
20 17, 284,901
25 10, 718, 237
26 10, 548,944
22
6, 577, 308
Per capita1
$8. 30
5.12
5. 49
6. 72
5.31
1 Population figures based on U. S. Census of Population for 1930; employment and salary figures as of
July 1, 1938.
The high level of salary expenditures in New York City is also
partly due to State laws regulating salaries and working conditions,
or laws specifically amending the New York City charter. For ex
ample, State enactments require the police department to operate
under civil-service regulations. They fix minimum salaries in some
instances and prescribe the minimum length of vacation, maximum
hours of duty, and 1 day of rest in 7. They also contain certain
regulations concerning disabilities and pensions.
1
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
2
Individual salaries covered a wide range, but 70 percent of all
salaries were $3,000, representing mostly the salaries of the firstgrade patrolmen whose salary is fixed by law. Fourteen percent of
employees received salaries above, and 16 percent were paid salaries
below $3,000. The maximum salary was the $12,500 paid the police
commissioner and the lowest salary paid any employee was $960.
About 85 percent of all patrolmen had the first-grade rating, which
was reached the fifth year after appointment by a regular system of
promotion. All employees were allowed vacations with pay, and 96
percent of all employees worked under some variation of the threeplatoon system providing for employment of 8 hours a day.
Employment and Salaries
Range o f Salaries and Salaries in Various Occupations
Eighty-four percent of the employees of the New York City police
department received salaries of $3,000 or more. About 70 percent
of all salaries were fixed at $3,000 a year, including the salaries of all
first-grade patrolmen and policewomen and certain patrolmen as
signed to the detective bureau and the telephone and radio division.
About 13 percent of all employees received salaries between $1,950
and $2,950; three-fourths of these were sixth- and seventh-grade
patrolmen with annual salaries of $2,000. The 3 percent with salaries
lower than $1,950 were miscellaneous clerical employees and others
not in the uniformed force. However, some of the miscellaneous
group received salaries in the higher brackets.
T
able
2 . — N ew York City police-department em ployees , by salary groups
[For a more detailed analysis of data, see appendix table A]
All employees
Salary group
All groups ___ ___ _____
___
N um
ber
Percent
age
_ 19, 556
100.0
All employees
Salary group
$2 550 t.n $2 049
Under $1,150___________________
$1,150 to $1,249_________________
$1,250 to $1,349 ______________
$1,350 to $1,449 _________________
$1,450 to $1,549__________________
$1,550 to $1,649 ____ _________
$1,650 to $1,749__________________
$1,750 to $1,849__________________
$1,850 to $1,949__________________
$1,950 to $2,049__________________
$2,050 to $2,149__________________
$2,150 to $2,249_____________
$2,250 to $2,349__________________
$2,350 to $2,449__________________
$2,450 to $2,549_____ ________ ___
i 25
91
52
65
185
35
148
38
7
1, 813
86
399
40
22
.l
.5
.3
.3
.9
.2
.8
.2
(2)
9.3
.4
2.1
.2
.1
$2*650 to $2*749
$2,750 to $2,849
_______
$2,850 to $2,949
$2,950 to $3,049________________
$3,050 to $3,149
___
$3,150 to $3,249
$3,250 to $3,349 ________________
$3,350 to $3,449
________
$3,450 to $3,549 __ __________
$3,550 to $3,649 ______________
$3,640 to $3,749____ _____________
$3,750 to $3,849
_____________
$3,850 to $3,949
_- _
$3,950 to $4,049
_________
$4,050 and over
1 Includes employees with salaries ranging from $960 to $1,140.
2 Less than Ho of 1 percent.
3 Includes employees with salaries ranging from $4,200 to $12,500.
N um
ber
Percent
age
9
3
75
6
13, 744
7
566
3
m
V
/
(2)
0.4
(2)
70. 3
(2)
2 9
(2)
1,050
3
(2)
1
(2)
839
2 244
5.4
4.3
1.3
3
MIDDLE ATLANTIC CITIES
About 14 percent of the New York City police employees had sal
aries in excess of $3,000. Of those receiving between $3,050 and
$4,050, the most important occupational groups were 958 sergeants
at $3,500, 507 lieutenants and 330 detective bureau employees at
$4,000. Above the $4,000 level, the largest single group was 103
captains at $5,000. Inspectors and higher ranking officers received
salaries ranging from $5,000 to the $12,500 paid to the police com
missioner.
Salaries for the different grades or ranks of the same occupation
were definitely fixed and showed fairly wide differences. However,
salaries for the same rating or classification were uniform. Thus,
all sixth- and seventh-grade patrolmen were paid $2,000 a year, and
all first-grade patrolmen $3,000 a year, but some first-grade patrol
men detailed as detectives received added compensation. Promotion
from first-grade patrolman to sergeant brought an increase of $500,
and from sergeant to lieutenant an added $500. Captains received
$1,000 more than lieutenants or $2,000 more than first-grade patrol
men. Promotions above the rank of first-grade patrolman were not
automatic.
Approximately 85 percent of New York City patrolmen were firstgrade patrolmen. Twelve percent were in the sixth and seventh
grades, at $2,000 a year, with comparatively few in the second to
fifth grades. The following table shows the distribution of salaries
of patrolmen of all grades.
T
able
3 . — Salaries of patrol men in the N ew York City police department
Patrolmen
Salary rate
Grade
Number
All grades
_
____ ___ ____
__ ___ __
_ __
__
1st grade 1_ __ ____
__ _
_ __
_
_ _ _
2d and 3d grades--------- ----------------------------------------------------------------4th grade
_ __ _ _ _
__ _ _
_
__
5th grade
___ _ _ _ _ _
6th and 7th grades_________________________________ ____________
Percentage
14,684
100.0
12,475
37
8
383
1,781
84.9
.3
.1
2.6
12.1
$3,000
2, 750
2,500
2, 250
2,000
i Includes 340 motorcycle officers.
Types o f D u ty for Patrolmen
In spite of the great importance of the traffic problem in New York
only 2,085, or 14 out of every 100, of its 14,684 patrolmen were
directly assigned to its permanent traffic squad, though others assisted
in times of emergency. Out of every 14 on traffic duty, 12 were on
foot and 2 were mounted.
Of every 86 assigned to other than traffic duty 78 were foot patrol
men, 4 were in cars, 2 were on motorcycle duty, and 2 were detailed
to other assignments.
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
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T
a b l e 4. —
T y p e s o f d u ty f o r p atrolm en o f the N e w Y ork C ity police depa rtm ent
Number
Type of duty
14, 684
All patrolmen. _ ________ ____ ___ _______________________ _ _ _ _____ ___
Traffic d u t y __________________________ ____ ____ _______________
Foot__
__ ______ ____ _____ ____ _________ _ __ ________ ______
Mounted____________ __ ___ _______ _ _ _ _ _________ ______ ____
Other than traffic duty _______
__ ______ ____________ ________
Percentage
_____
___ _ _ ______
_ ____
Automobile___ _ ______
Foot______________ _______________________ __ __ -__ ______ ____ _
Motorcycle._________________ _ _. _
- -_ Other assignments _ _ _ ____
_ _ __
_
_
__
1 0 0 .0
2, 085
14.2
1, 734
351
1 1 .8
2.4
12, 599
85.8
563
11.433
340
263
3.8
77.9
2.3
1 .8
Comparison of Employment and Salaries in Various Occupations
Employment in the uniformed force constituted 84 percent of all
employees and received the same percentage of the total salaries paid,
but for many divisions the proportion of total personnel and the pro
portion of total salaries represented were quite different. Super
visory officers as a group 1 constituted 9.4 percent of the personnel
and received 12.4 percent of total salaries. Because of the large
numbers supervised, these percentages are lower than for the m ajority
of cities. For the same reason the higher officers of the supervisory
group accounted for an extremely small percentage of personnel and
salaries. Thus the commissioner, his deputies and immediate assist
ants constituted less than 0.04 percent of the personnel and received
about 0.09 percent of the salaries. Similarly, inspectors and captains
represented 0.3 and 0.5 percent of employees, but received 0.6 and 0.9
percent of total salaries.
T
a b l e
5.— Percentage
distribu tion s 1 o f em p lo yees and total salaries in the N e w
Y o r k C ity police d epartm ent , by d ivision s
Percentage
of employees
Division and occupation
All divisions___
_______ ______ _ ___ __ _
Uniformed division._________
________
_
_ _
_________ ______
____________
1 0 0 .0
___
Commissioner _
__________ ___ ___
_ __
Deputy commissioners _ ___ _____________ _ _
Inspectors.. ...
_
_______ __ __________ _ ___ ____
_ _
Captains.. _ _ ________ ________ ___ __ __ _ _
_ ___ ______
Lieutenants
___
___________
Sergeants.. _ __________________ ___________
_
_
__
Patrolmen _ _______ ______________ ______ _____
___ _ _ ___ __
Detective bureau ______ _ __ _ ______________ ____________
_ _
Women’s b u r e a u . __ ______ ____ _
_________ __ _ __ ___
___ _
Telephone and radio
_ _ __ _________ ______ ___
_ _ _
Clerical.. _ _ ___ __ _________ ____
___ _ ._ _ __
__ _____
Maintenance..
______ _ ___ ___ __ ____ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
Miscellaneous
____________ __ ___________
_
__
Percentage
of salaries
1 0 0 .0
83.6
(2)
(2)
84.2
(2)
.3
.5
.l
.6
4.9
75.1
.9
3. 8
5. 8
73.0
1 0 .1
1 1 .2
2 .8
.7
.9
1 .2
3. 2
.3
.7
.9
.7
2 .0
.3
1 Based on figures in appendix table B.
Less than Mo of 1 percent.
2
1 Supervisory employees include the commissioner, deputy commissioners, chief of detectives, inspectors,
captains, lieutenants, sergeants, superintendents of telephone and radio, and chief clerks.
5
MIDDLE ATLANTIC CITIES
Employees of the detective bureau accounted for a somewhat larger
proportion of salaries than of personnel. For most other divisions
there was either no difference or the proportion of salaries received was
slightly smaller than the proportion of employment represented.
Thus patrolmen, who constituted 75 percent of all employees, received
73 percent of the total salaries for the department. In the clerical
and maintenance divisions the relative disparity was much greater
because of the lower salaries paid.
Hours and Working Conditions
Hours of Duty
Practically all employees of the New York City police department
worked 8 hours a day, with 1 day off each week. The exceptions
were the higher ranking officers and a small number of special em
ployees. The higher ranking officers were on practically continuous
duty for 6 days a week; and the special employees worked different
hours, depending upon the nature of their work.
Of the 19,556 employees in the department 15,944 were patrolmen
and other employees working under the same system of assignment.
These employees worked under a form of the three-platoon system
in which no one is assigned to more than one tour of duty in 24 conP attern o f hours worked by 'patrolmen in the police departm ent o f N e w
Y o rk C i t y ,
July 1, 1988
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p. m.
X equals 1 hour of duty; blank spaces represent 16 hours of leave on 5 consecutive days.
Asterisks (***) represent a 32-hour leave.
12
p. m.
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
6
secutive hours or works more than 8 hours consecutively. Also the
type of tour is changed every week for each patrolman, giving him
an 8-hour tour beginning at midnight one week, 4 p. m. the next
week, and 8 a. m. the third week.
Under this system, patrolmen are divided into 10 groups combined
in such a way that, at any given time, 3 groups are on duty, 2 groups
are off on a 32-hour period of leave, and the remaining 5 groups are
off duty on their normal 16-hour leave. The pattern of hours worked
is illustrated on page 5 for a patrolman going on duty at midnight
Sunday.
It will be noted that on the first day the patrolman works the 8-hour
tour beginning at midnight and ending at 8 a. m. He repeats this
for 6 consecutive days. At the end of his early morning tour of duty
on the sixth day, he received a 32-hour period of leave; but this 32-hour
period extends over 16 hours of the sixth day and 16 hours of the
seventh day, so that he works a full tour of duty on each of the 2
days. The latter of these 2 tours is the first of 6 tours beginning at
4 p. m. The second 32-hour period of leave begins on the thirteenth
day and extends until 8 a. m. on the morning of the fourteenth.
This is the beginning of his 6 tours starting at 8 a. m. On the
twentieth day he has a full day off before repeating the same 20-day
cycle. During the 20-day period each group performs 18 tours of
duty.
T o u rs o f patrol d u ty f o r policem en in the police departm ent o f N e w Y o r k , J u l y 1 ,1 9 8 8
Days___ ________
1
Tours___________
M
3
2
8
4
M
8
4
M
8
5
4
4
M
8
4
M
8
7
6
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M
8
4
M
8
4
Days Hours
work work
ed
ed
W e ek s
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3_______________
4_______________
5_______________
6 _______________
7_______________
8 _______________
9_______________
1 0 ______________
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18_________ _____
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2 0 _________ _____
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The first line represents the days of the week.
The second line represents the 3 tours, M = 8 hours beginning at midnight.
8 = 8 hours beginning at 8 a. m.
4=8 hours beginning at 4 p. m.
Each “ X ” represents an 8 -hour tour of duty.
Blank spaces are tours off duty.
56
48
48
56
48
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56
48
48
56
48
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56
48
48
56
48
48
48
48
1,008
7
MIDDLE ATLANTIC CITIES
The average workweek for patrolmen is 50.4 hours. The diagram on
page 6 reveals why the workweek is 50.4 rather than 48 hours. It
follows one patrolman through 20 weeks of work, starting him out at
midnight Sunday and carrying him through to the beginning of the
twenty-first week when he again starts a series of midnight tours on
Sunday. It will be noted that in the first week and in 5 others the
patrolman is on duty one tour on each of the 7 days of the week, while
in all other weeks there is 1 full calendar day (from midnight to mid
night) in which he does not report for duty.
The normal pattern is 8 hours of duty followed by 16 hours of
leave. But during the time the change is made from one type of
tour to another, patrolmen receive these 16 hours of leave plus 16
hours of extra leave, or 32 consecutive hours off duty. Over the
period of a year the 16 extra hours off amount to an average of 0.7 of
a day off per week. Therefore, the average patrolman works 50.4
hours, or 6.3 days, per week.
The following diagram shows how the 10 groups are combined each
day in such a way that there are always 3 groups on duty. It will be
noticed that during each calendar day (midnight to midnight) 3
groups are on a tour of duty which begins at midnight, 3 on a tour
which begins at 8 a. m. and 3 on a tour beginning at 4 p. m., while one
is off duty for the entire day.
S y ste m o f a ssig n in g grou p s o f patrolm en in the N e w Y o rk C ity police departm ent
to hours on d u ty, J u ly 1, 1 9 8 8
Days
_
____
1
Tours ___________ M
8
( 1 2
4 M
6
Groups on duty___ < 9 3 7
(T 4 8
Groups on 32-hour ( 5 5 5
leave
________ 1( 8 8 2
Days
__ _
- -
Tours.. _______
. M
4 M
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947
T 58
5
2
2
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8
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T
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T 59
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258
T 6 9
6
333
TT
4 M
8
2
6 9 3
7T 4
592
6 T 3
714
1 1
7
4
44
1
8 8
8
1
8
8
55
4 M
8
4 M
158
26 9
3 7T
7
444
15
16
4 M
1
2
3
8
7
6
148
259
36T
777
4
TT
14
13
12
(471
Groups on duty___ < 5 8 2
(693
Groups on 32-hour ( T T T
le a v e .___ ____ l 3 3 7
8
2
99
11
8
8
4
3
2
8
1
4 M
8
1
2 2
2
2
9
6
999
6
6
8
4 M
251
36 9
47 T
379
48T
8 8
8
1
4 M
T 3
714
8 2 5
55
4 M
8
5
2 6
8
2
2
4 M
8
8
10
4
36 1
472
58T
999
6
2
18
7T 4
8 15
926
333
T
6 6
1
555
1
17
93
7T 4
8 1 5
6
8
9
8
4 M
8
4
6
6 6
33
20
4
15
926
T 37
444
8
1
77
8
37 1
48 2
5 9T
9
2
19
714
8 2 5
936
3
TTT
77
M
M
8
4
25
936
T 47
4
8
1
1 1
8 8
T h e d a y s s h o w n o n t h e t o p l i n e a r e t h e 20 d a y s o f t h e c o m p l e t e c y c l e .
O n t h e l i n e l a b e le d “ t o u r s ” M = t h e 8 - h o u r t o u r b e g i n n in g a t m i d n i g h t a n d e n d i n g a t 8 a . m .
= t h e 8 - h o u r t o u r b e g i n n in g a t 8 a . m . a n d e n d i n g a t 4 p . m .
4 = t h e 8 - h o u r t o u r b e g i n n in g a t 4 p . m . a n d e n d i n g a t m i d n i g h t .
A l l o t h e r n u m b e r s s h o w n o n t h e t a b l e r e p r e s e n t o n e o f t h e 10 g r o u p s o f p o li c e m e n ; a n d “ T ” d e n o t e s g r o u p
n u m b e r 10.
A t a ll t im e s th e r e a re 3 g ro u p s o n d u t y , 2 g ro u p s o n 3 2 -h o u r le a v e , a n d 5 g ro u p s o n 1 6 -h o u r le a v e .
8
3 0 0 2 8 1 ° — 41-
8
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
Members of the force are not required to perform any reserve duty
whatever, except in cases of emergency. When reserve duty is
necessary, the police commissioner usually grants 1 or 2 days of leave
with pay, to compensate for such extra hours of duty. Reserve duty
requires only the presence of members of the force at precinct station
houses, to be available for assignment where needed; and if there is
no necessity for their leaving the station house, they are permitted
to rest in the station house dormitories.
T a b l e
6. —
A verage hours and d ays on d u ty per week in the N e w Y ork C ity police
departm ent
[ F o r a m o r e d e t a i l e d a n a l y s i s o f d a t a , se e a p p e n d i x t a b l e C ]
Average
hours on
duty per
week
System of operation
All system s__ ________________________ _
Single-platoon: On
6
8
8
8
8
_______
days, off 1 day____________ _____
3-platoon . . . . ________ __ ___ _______ _
_ ______________ __ _______
Employees
Number
19, 556
144.0
6 .0 0
_________
-hour tours—off 1 day per week.._ . __ ______
-hour tours—off 0.82 day per week________ ______
-hour tours—off 0.70 day per week__________ . . .
-hour tours—off 0.78 day per week_______________
Other.. ________
Average
days on
duty per
week
237
Percentage
1 0 0 ,0
1 .2
18, 739
95.8
48.0
49.4
50.4
49.8
6.18
6.30
6.22
1, 408
1,047
15,944
340
7.2
5.4
81.5
1.7
43.4
5.42
580
3.0
6 .0 0
In table 6, showing the hours worked by all members of the force,
237 employees are classified under the single-platoon system, having 6
days of duty followed by 1 full day off duty. In most cases these
employees are the high ranking officers whose responsibilities require
them to be on practically continuous duty, or at least on call. The
1 day off duty is a full day of 24 consecutive hours of rest which is
required by law. Lieutenants and sergeants worked under a platoon
system similar to that described for patrolmen, but with slightly
different weekly hours. Five hundred and seven lieutenants worked
an average of 48 hours per week with 1 full day off each week; and
1,047 sergeants had an average workweek of 49.4 hours. The 340
motorcycle officers worked an average of 49.8 hours per week. The
remainder of the force consisted largely of maintenance and clerical
employees whose weekly hours were generally lower than those of
patrolmen. Policewomen worked the same hours as policemen.
Employment Hazards
Disabling injuries among the 19,556 employees of the New York
City police department during the year ending December 31, 1938,
totaled 1,535. Of these, 19 resulted in death and 1,516 caused tem
porary total disabilities. No permanent partial disabilities were
MIDDLE ATLANTIC CITIES
9
reported. The figures represented the experience of only 1 year and
are not necessarily typical of conditions over a period of years.
The local law of New York City provides that a member of the force
who is unable to perform complete police duty because of illness or
injury attributable to his duties will be assigned to such light duty
as he may be qualified to perform.
Promotion of Patrolmen
Appointments to the New York City police force are made by civilservice examination, and promotions follow regularly at the end of
each year for 4 years or until the third grade is reached. The first
half of the fifth year is normally spent in the third grade and the second
half in the second grade. A t the end of the fifth year patrolmen reach
the first or highest grade, and are eligible for promotion to other ranks
or assignment to special details carrying higher pay.
Vacations With Pay
All employees of the New York City police department were allowed
vacations with pay. Eighty-two percent received 19 days of leave,
and the remainder had vacations varying from 20 to 30 days. The
average for all employees was about 19.5 days. In case an emergency
interfered with the vacation assigned, the patrolman received com
mensurate time off within the next 6-month period. Additional leave
of 4 days was granted in the case of death in the family. No employee,
however, was allowed more than 30 days leave in a calendar year,
unless injured or disabled in the actual performance of duty, when full
pay could be granted for an indefinite period. Ordinary sick leave,
however, was at half pay.
T
able
7 .— D a y s o f vacation with p a y f o r em p lo yees o f the N e w
departm ent
Number of
employees
19,556
15, 976
1, 552
216
868
109
788
28
10
1
8
1 Average.
Days of vaca
tion with pay
1
(19.5)
19
20
21
22
24
25
26
28
29
30
Y o rk C ity police
10
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
Items Supplied to Uniformed Force
New York City does not furnish any items of uniform or other
equipment except the badge or shield. All other items must be pur
chased by the policeman himself. M any cities throughout the coun
try supply a number of items of equipment without charge, but in
these cities the salary paid is usually considerably lower than in
New York City.
Pensions
Any member of the police force who had reached the age of 55
years and had been on the force for 20 years was eligible to receive an
annual pension during his lifetime equal to an amount not less than
one-half of his compensation or salary at the time of leaving the service.
Similarly, any member of the force who had served 20 years and was
permanently disabled so as to be unfit for duty was placed on the
pension pay roll by order of the commissioner. Provisions were also
made for other members of the force who had been employed by the
department for 25 years or upwards, and for other employees who
had served in the Army or N avy of the United States during certain
periods.
Dependent parents or widows of a member of the police force who
had been killed in active duty also shared in the pension funds as
provided for by law.
Part II
Seventy Cities W ith Populations
Greater Than 25,000
n
Salaries and H ours o f Labor in Police Departments
o f 70 M iddle A tlantic Cities, July 1, 1938
Summary
Expenditures at the rate of nearly $37,000,000 a year were required
to meet the salaries of the 16,000 persons employed on July 1, 1938,
in the police departments of 70 Middle Atlantic cities.1 Included are
all cities in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania which had a
population of 25,000 or more in 1930 except New York City (data for
which have been presented in part I of this bulletin) and five which
supplied no data. The cities ranged in population from Philadelphia,
Pa., with about 2,000,000 to Woodbridge, N. J., with slightly more
than 25,000. The Philadelphia department was largest, with 4,900
employees; while Wilkinsburg, Pa., had the smallest force, numbering
only 20 persons.
Forty-five percent of all police employment, and almost as large a
percentage of pay-roll expenditures, were in the 3 largest cities, and
almost a third of the total was accounted for by the 14 cities between
100,000 and 500,000 population.
There was comparatively little difference between group I and
group II cities in the number of police per 10,0.00 inhabitants or in
per capita salary expenditures. However, the two groups of cities
with populations lower than 100,000 showed considerably smaller
employment ratios and per capita costs. The striking differences for
cities in the same size group are especially well illustrated by the
figures for Pittsburgh and Buffalo, and for New York 2 and Phila
delphia. Similar differences occur in all other groups.
Salaries ranged from the $9,000 paid the chief in Jersey City, N. J.,
to the $600 paid to janitors in one city, but more than two-thirds of
all salaries were between $1,950 and $2,550.
About three-fourths of all employees were patrolmen, 95 percent
of whom were classified as first-grade. In 48 of the 70 cities promotion
from grade to grade occurred automatically after 1 year of service.
Practically all employees in the uniformed forces worked under a
form of the three-platoon system which required six 8-hour days or
48 hours on duty, and allowed 1 day off each week.
1 The 70 cities, including 4 urban townships, have been divided into 4 size groups.
Group I includes 3
cities of over 500,000; group II, 14 cities of 100,000 to 500,000; group III, 22 cities of 50,000 to 100,000; and group
IV , 31 cities of 25,000 to 50,000. See appendix table D for complete list of cities.
2 See part I, table 1.
13
14
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
Employment and Salaries
Range of Salaries
Salaries of members of police forces in the 70 cities varied over a
rather wide range, but salaries in the 3 largest cities (Buffalo, Pitts
burgh, and Philadelphia) were largely concentrated in the hundreddollar interval of $2,150 to $2,250. M ore than two-thirds of all
salaries in these cities were in this range, which concentration was
accounted for by the fact that Buffalo and Philadelphia paid firstgrade patrolmen salaries between $2,150 and $2,250. Pittsburgh
paid slightly higher salaries.
The accompanying chart reveals the proportion of salaries in various
ranges for all cities and for each city group. Especially outstanding
is the effect of the higher salaries paid in certain group II cities in the
metropolitan area bordering New York City.
PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION
OF M ID D L E ATLANTIC
POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES
BY S A L A R Y G R O U P
POPULATION
OF CITIES
AND S I Z E OF CI TY
PERCENT OF EMPLOYEES
0
20
40
60
ALL CITIES
2 5 .0 0 0
ANO UNDER
5 0 .0 0 0
5 0 .0 0 0
AND UNDER
100,000
100,000
AND UNDER
5 0 0 .0 0 0
5 0 0 .0 0 0
ANO
OV E R
UNDER
AND UNDER
$2,250
$2,250
AND UNDER
$2,950
AND
O VER
V////A $ 2 , 9 5 0
U. S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
$1,750
$1,750
80
100
15
MIDDLE ATLANTIC CITIES
N o such marked concentrations existed for the other three groups
of cities. The relatively high salaries paid in Jersey City, N. J., and
Yonkers, N. Y ., accounted for a concentration of 18 percent of the
employees in group II cities at the level of $2,950 to $3,050. Twenty
percent received about $2,500, due largely to the concentration of
Newark patrolmen at this level. Another 17 percent were paid from
$1,950 to $2,050.
As may be seen in table 8, the employees of police departments in
group III and group IY cities were paid generally lower salaries than
in the larger cities.
T a b l e 8 .— M id d le A tla n tic p olice-dep a rtm en t em p lo yees by sa la ry groups and size o f
city
1
[For a more detailed analysis of data, see appendix tables E, F, G, and H]
Percentage
Number
Salary group
All
cities
City group
All
cities
I
II
III
IV
216,037
7,164
4, 938
2,356
1,579
100.0
106
26
50
71
90
3 58
10
21
43
42
4 32
5
5
16
16
5 13
8
16
8
10
63
3
8
4
22
.7
.2
.3
.4
.6
$1,550 to $1,649___________
$1,650 to $1,749___________
$1,750 to $1,849___________
$1,850 to $1,949___________
$1,950 to $2,049___________
207
551
668
650
1,201
27
16
91
16
37
105
153
76
259
826
12
221
295
199
250
63
161
206
176
88
$2,050 to $2,149___________
$2,150 to $2,249___________
$2,250 to $2,349___________
$2,350 to $2,449___________
$2,450 to $2,549___________
539
5,244
1,652
828
1,808
33
4, 937
1, 003
353
191
276
116
446
227
970
141
164
162
166
298
$2,550 to $2,649___________
$2,650 to $2,749___________
$2,750 to $2,849___________
$2,850 to $2,949___________
$2,950 to $3,049___________
86
156
327
142
1,024
32
76
118
29
30
27
28
872
$3,050 to $3,149___________
$3,150 to $3,249_______ ____
$3,250 to $3,349___________
$3,350 to $3,449___________
$3,450 to $3,549___________
26
74
24
44
179
8
22
9
2
29
5
28
152
$3,550 to $3,649___________
$3,650 to $3,749___________
$3,750 and over_____
9
136
119
All employees _____ ____
Under $ 1 , 1 5 0 . _______ _
$1,150 to $1,249___________
$1,250 to $1,349___________
$1,350 to $1,449___________
$1,450 to $1,549___________
8
2
811
5
131
9 72
City group
I
II
III
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
.8
.1
.3
.6
.6
.6
.1
.1
.3
.3
.6
.3
.7
.3
.4
.2
.2
.5
.2
1.4
1.3
3.4
4.1
4.0
7.5
.4
.2
1.3
.2
.5
2.1
3.1
1.5
5.2
16. 7
.5
9.4
12.5
8.4
10.6
4.0
10.2
13.0
11.1
5.6
89
27
41
82
349
3.4
32.7
10.3
5.2
11.3
.5
68.9
14.0
4.9
2.7
5.6
2.3
9.0
4.6
19.6
6.0
7.0
6.9
7.0
12.6
5.6
1.7
2.6
5.2
22.1
13
26
59
104
116
12
24
123
10
28
.5
1.0
2.0
.9
6.4
.4
1.1
1.7
.6
.6
.6
.6
17.7
.6
1.1
2.5
4.4
4.9
.8
1.5
7.8
6
1.8
6
3
7
11
21
10
20
3
5
6
.2
.5
.1
.3
1.1
.1
.3
.1
.1
.6
.1
.6
3.1
.3
.1
.3
.5
.9
.6
1.3
.2
.3
.4
1
2
3
1
ii 12
.1
.8
.7
.1
2.7
1.5
.1
.1
1.0
.2
.1
.8
1024
.1
0
.2
IV
1 This and the following tables include data for 70 Middle Atlantic cities as of July 1, 1938, as follows:
Group I, cities with a population of 500,000 or more; group II, cities with a population of 100,000 and under
500,000; group III, cities with a population of 50,000 and under 100,000; and group IV, cities with a population
of 25,000 and under 50,000, based on U. S. Census of Population for 1930.
2 This and the following tables include only regular, full-time employees.
3 Includes employees with salaries ranging from $800 to $1,100.
4 Includes employees with salaries ranging from $600 to $1,140.
5 Includes employees with salaries ranging from $720 to $1,100.
6 Includes employees with salaries ranging from $700 to $840.
7 Less than Ho of 1 percent.
8 Includes employees with salaries ranging from $4,050 to $6,500.
9 Includes employees with salaries ranging from $4,000 to $9,000.
10 Includes employees with salaries ranging from $3,950 to $6,000.
11 Includes employees with salaries ranging from $4,000 to $5,000.
300281°—41-
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
16
Salaries in V arious Occupations
Because of the extremely wide range in population and in policing
problems, salaries for any individual rank or occupation were distrib
uted over a wider range in the M iddle Atlantic than in most other
divisions. The range is wider for chiefs and assistant chiefs than for
low-ranking officers, but all chiefs in the three largest cities, most of
those in group II cities, and about a third of those in the other two
groups had salaries of over $3,750. For this region as a whole there
was no typical salary for captains and lieutenants. Slight concentra
tions that appeared were due to the large numbers of captains and
lieutenants in the cities of group I.
Salaries of sergeants and most detective bureau employees ranged
from $1,550 to $3,550, averaging somewhat higher than those for
patrolmen.
T a b l e 9. — M id d le A tla n tic p o lice-depa rtm en t e m p lo ye es , b y selected o ccup ation s
and sala ry grou p s
[For a more detailed analysis of data, see appendix tables E, F, G, and H]
All occupations
Salary group
Assistant or deputy
chiefs
Chiefs
City group
City group
I
II
III
IV
All
cit
ies
3
7,164
14
4,938
22
2,356
31
1, 579
69
69
106
26
50
71
90
58
10
21
43
42
32
5
5
16
16
13
8
16
8
10
3
3
8
4
22
$1,550 to $1,649______
207
$1,650 to $1,749______
551
668
$1,750 to $1,849______
$1,850 to $1,949______
650
$1,950 to $2,049______ 1, 201
27
16
91
16
37
105
153
76
259
826
12
221
295
199
250
63
161
206
176
88
$2,050 to $2,149______
539
$2,150 to $2,249______ 5,244
$2,250 to $2,349______ 1, 652
$2,350 to $2,449______
828
$2,450 to $2,549______ 1,808
33
4, 937
1,003
353
191
276
116
446
227
970
141
164
162
166
298
89
27
41
82
349
6
3
$2,550 to $2,649______
86
$2,650 to $2,749______
156
$2,750 to $2,849______
327
$2,850 to $2,949______
142
$2,950 to $3,049______ 1,024
32
76
118
29
30
27
28
872
13
26
59
104
116
12
24
123
10
28
1
1
4
1
4
2
2
29
5
28
152
6
3
7
11
21
10
20
3
5
6
1
1
5
3
5
5
131
72
1
2
24
3
1
12
30
All
cities
Number of cities re
porting..
—
70
All employees___ _ _ 16,037
Under $1,150_______
$1,150 to $1,249______
$1,250 to $1,349______
$1,350 to $1,449______
$1,450 to $1,549______
$3,050 to $3,149______
$3,150 to $3,249______
$3,250 to $3,349______
$3,350 to $3,449______
$3,450 to $3,549______
26
74
24
44
179
$3,550 to $3,649
$3,650 to $3,749 .
$3,750 and over__.......
9
136
119
8
8
22
9
2
11
I
II
All
cit
III IV ies
3
3
14
14
22
22
30
30
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
3
3
11
I
II
3
3
6
10
III IV
5
6
1
1
4
4
1
1
3
1
1
1
2
1
3
2
2
2
1
3
3
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
7
9
1
1
18
23
City group
3
1
9
1
1
1
2
3
3
5
1
1
17
MIDDLE ATLANTIC CITIES
T a b l e 9 .— M id d le A tla n tic p olice-dep a rtm en t e m p lo ye es , b y selected occupation s
and salary groups —
Captains
Inspectors
Salary group
City
All group All
citcities1
ies
I II
Number of cities re3
porting ____ _ __ 7
All employees __ __
26 ‘ 15
Continued
4 47
11 192
Sergeants
Lieutenants
City group
I
II
III IV
2
64
12
65
17
39
All
cit
ies
City group
I
II
2 13
16 52
24 457 2111 230
III IV
15
62
All
cit
ies
City group
I
II
III IV
2 14 19
22 62
54 744 182 309 142
27
111
Under $1,150________
$1,150 to $1,249
___
$1,250 to $1,349______
$1,350 to $1,449______
$1,450 to $1,549 _____
$1,550 to $1,649______
$1,650 to $1,749______
$1,750 to $1,849______
$1,850 to $1,949 _____
$1,950 to $2,049 _____
1
4
8
4
4
$2,050 to $2,149
$2,150 to $2,249
$2,250 to $2,349
$2,350 to $2,449
$2,450 to $2,549
6
5
4
3
3
4
3
1
1
3
____
_____
_____
_____
_____
$2,550 to $2,649______
$2,650 to $2,749 _____
$2,750 to $2,849 ___
$2,850 to $2,949 _____
$2,950 to $3,049_ ____
$3,050 to $3,149______
$3,150 to $3,249
$3,250 to $3,349
$3,350 to $3,449
$3,450 to $3,549
$3,550 to $3,649______
$3,650 to $3,749______
$3,750 and over __ __
6
2
9
2
7
6
2
3
2
1
6
2
2
16
13
7
6
54 _45_ 8
1
2
3
1
1
6
32
4
3
19
7
3
6
3
4
27
3
21
1
4
2
3
'T
2
2
3
2
5
8
5
12
13
16
26
5
21
50
77
15
11
3
3
3
7
3
4
22
1
3
3
125
27
1No persons in this occupation in cities of groups III and IV.
2Includes one lieutenant from women’s bureau.
1
11
36
63
3
3
4
4
1
9
19
5
8
9
8
8
9
3
3
14
5
3
22
125
17
10
2
1
1
5 52
2 36
1 35
13
27
3 34
7 51
4
21
226 182'
9
18
26
26 ~20'
21
43
8
5
3
14
17
1
18
21
2 4
3 32
5 38
1
6 63
3
7
4
9
25
22
14
53
1
10
4
4
27
91
2
1
14
14
12
18
82
9
9
18
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
T a b l e 9. — M iddle Atlantic police-department employees, by selected occupations
and salary groups — Continued
Detective bureau
Patrolmen—all grades
Salary group
C ity group
All
cities
II
Number of cities report
70
ing—
All employees__________ 11, 793
III
Policewomen
City group
I
IV
II
City group
III IV
II
III IV
14
22
31
3,490 1, 718 1,153
Under $1,150...
$1,150 to $1,249.
$1,250 to $1,349.
$1,350 to $1,449.
$1,450 to $1,549.
$1,550 to $1,649.
$1,650 to $1,749.
$1,750 to $1,849.
$1,850 to $1,949.
$1,950 to $2,049.
$2,050 to $2,149.
$2,150 to $2,249.
$2,250 to $2,349.
$2,350 to $2,449.
$2,450 to $2,549.
$2,550 to $2,649.
$2,650 to $2,749.
$2,750 to $2,849.
$2,850 to $2,949.
$2,950 to $3,049.
39
14
24
53
135
14
223
696
7
192
258
136
192
394
4, 756 4, 576
779
1,190
365
1, 436
206
44
264
159
871
104
128
135
136
257
115
464
489
514
973
8
2
79
107
871
55
137
178
141
61
5
3
8
2
___________
.... 1 ....
___________
1
3
1
10
3
16
9
84 17 ....
8 42 ....
12 123 70
70 254 221
66
3
8
28
36
20
34
9
8
6
9
13
...
3 .... 2 1 ....
6 ____________________
11
1 . . . . 1 _______
4
1 _______
1 ....
16
4 .... 3 1 ....
14
36
1
6
1
4
5
36
1
26
2 __________ _______
3
2 . . . . 2 _______
8 ____________________
7 ____________________
7
1 _______
1 ....
2
1 5
2 __________
79
20
87
791
80
21
50
53
8
54
8
1
1
20
$3,050 to $3,149.
$3,150 to $3,249.
$3,250 to $3,349.
$3,350 to $3,449.
$3,450 to $3,549.
6
23
3
2
1
6 ....
22 . . . .
16
1
5
15
$3,550 to $3,649.
$3,650 to $3,749.
$3,750 and over.
1 ___________
1
1 _______
1 ....
11 3
5
3 ....
1
4
1
5
14 . . . .
25 . . . .
21 . . . .
1
...
5
4
1 ....
6
1
6
4
2
MIDDLE ATLANTIC CITIES
T
a b l e
19
9.— Middle Atlantic police-department employees, by selected occupations
and salary groups— Continued
Salary group
Automobile me
chanics
Operators, radio
and telephone
Fingerprint
section
$1,550 to $1,649_______
2
$1,650 to $1,749 ____
$1,750 to $1,849 _____ 15 10 5
3
$1,850 to $1.949_______
$1,950 to $2,049 ______ 39
35
$2,149 _____
$2,249_______
$2,349_______
$2,449_______
$2,549_______
5
2 "i
9 2
1 1
6 1
$2,550 to $2,649_______
$2,650 to $2,749_______
$2,750 to $2,849_______
$2,850 to $2,949 ______
$2,950 to $3.049_______
2
7 T
1
$3,050 to $3,149_______
$3,150 to $3,249_______
$3,250 to $3,349_______
$3,350 to $3,449_______
$3,450 to $3,549_______
8
8
8 io~
18
36 25 11
9 2
7
6 3 3
2
3
3
]
5
1
2
1
4
5
13
3
16
2
3
3
3
3
3
~7~
2
1
3
11 1 5
28 11 12
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
2
2
1
100
26
45
63
60
58
10
21
43
36
26
5
4
8
12
13
8
14
8
5
3
3
6
4
7
78
54
54
51
104
27
15
17
42
9
25
32
70
5
19
8
15
24
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
i
3
4
8
8
8
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
31
r a tin g
and
about
w e r e in t h e s e c o n d a n d t h ir d g r a d e s .
averaged
2
lo w e r
and
sh ow ed
a n d in t h e s m a l l e r c i t i e s .
in
1
2
~~2
4
11
4
4
4
2
1
2
1
15
2
"’ ~3
1
1
31
2
3
8
fir s t-g r a d e
32
5
11 15
94
5 ~ ir
10 12
4
10
1
7
1
12
10
15 ""e"
4
3
3
N i n e t y - f i v e p e r c e n t o f a ll p a t r o l m e n
th e
6
61 22
387 360
244 148
148 131
5
42
4
1
3
III IV
26
77
9
3
3 10
II
I
3 14 20
63
3
3 1. 625 916 464 168
1
11 11
4
i
2
2
$3,550 to $3,649_______
$3,650 to $3,749 _
$3,750 and over .
had
City group
City group
All City group All City group All
All
cit
cit
cit
cities
ies I n III IV ies I II III IV ies I II III IV
Number of cities re
porting _ ________ 26 3 9 6 8 25 3 10 8 4
All employees. _____ _ 97 19 58 10 10 129 40 49 26 14
—
” '
=
Under $1,150
_
6
T
$1,150 to $1,249 _____
$1,250 to $1,349_______
2
2
$1,350 to $1,449 _____
1
$1,450 to $1,549 _____
2 2
1
$2,050 to
$2,150 to
$2,250 to
$2,350 to
$2,450 to
All others
2
3
7
l"
th e M id d le A t la n t ic c itie s
tw o -th ir d s
of
th e
r e m a in d e r
A s w o u ld b e e x p e c t e d , s a la r ie s
a n a rrow er
spread
in
th e
lo w e r
grades
M a r k e d c o n c e n t r a t i o n s in t h e d is t r ib u t io n s
o f p a t r o lm e n b y s a la r y g r o u p s a r e d u e t o t h e s a la r y r a t e s in t h e la r g e
c itie s a n d t o t h e h ig h le v e l o f s a la r ie s in s o m e s m a lle r c it ie s c lo s e t o
N ew
Y ork
C ity .
Thus
th e
la r g e
num ber
w ith
s a la r ie s
b etw een
$ 2 , 1 5 0 a n d $ 2 , 2 5 0 is d u e t o t h e l a r g e n u m b e r o f f i r s t - g r a d e p a t r o l m e n
in
B u ffa lo
and
P h ila d e lp h ia .
Jersey
C ity ,
Y on k ers,
and
M ount
V e r n o n p a id 8 7 1 o f o f t h e ir p a t r o l m e n $ 3 ,0 0 0 p e r y e a r , w h ic h n u m b e r
a cco u n te d
fe w
fo r
a ll p a t r o l m e n ’ s s a la r ie s
p a t r o l m e n ’s s a la r ie s in
h ig h e r
th a n
$ 2 ,5 5 0 .
any
G rou p
II
c ity
had
over
grou p
m u ch
a b o v e t h a t fig u r e , a p p r o x im a t e ly a fo u r t h .
$ 2 ,9 5 0 .
C o m p a r a tiv e ly
w e r e le s s t h a n
th e
la r g e s t
$ 1 ,6 5 0
or
p r o p o r tio n
20
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
T a b l e 10.— Salaries o f M id d le A tla n tic police patrolm en
All grades
Number
Percentage
Salary group
All
cities
City group
All
cities
I
II
III
IV
All patrolmen.____ 11.793
i
$1,349.
$1,449..
7
22
$1,549
115
$1,649
464
$1,749
5,432
3,490
1,718
1,153
39
14
24
1
$1,250 to
$1,350 to
$1,450 to
$1,550 to
$1,650 to
$1,750 to
$1,850 to
$1,950 to
$2,050 to
$2,150 to
$1,849____
$1,949____
$2,049____
$2,149.
$2,249____
489
514
973
394
4, 756
$2,250 to
$2,350 to
$2,450 to
$2,550 to
$2,650 to
$2,349____
$2,449
$2,549
$2,649____
$2,749____
1,190
365
1, 436
8
2
$2,750 to $2,849
$2,850 to $2,949____
$2,950 to $3,049____
79
107
871
779
•
I
II
III
IV
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
.2
.1
1. 5
3.9
.3
.4
11. 2
1. 2
4.8
11.9
.4
6.4
19.9
5.9
1.3
15.0
7.9
11.2
6.0
7.4
15.4
12.2
5.3
7.3
.7
7.5
4.5
24.9
.i
.1
7.9
7.9
15.0
.1
1.0
6.1
26. 7
.4
.6
22. 7
5.1
4.6
<*)
3
53
135
5
7
192
14
55
137
.1
.2
1.0
3.9
14
223
696
206
44
258
136
192
104
128
178
141
61
84
8
4.1
4.4
8.2
3.3
40.3
264
159
871
2
2
135
136
257
1
12
70
308
5
10.1
3.1
12.2
.1
(*)
20
791
87
80
79
.7
.9
7.4
7
4. 576
100.0
City group
.7
.3
.5
84.2
14.3
.1
6.9
Number of patrolmen by specified grade
First i
Second
Salary group
All
cities
All patrclmen___ _
11,148
City group
III
I
II
5, 355
3,235
1,590
IV
968
All
cities
202
I
II
38
III
74
IV
47
$1,349 _
$1,449____
$1,549___
$1,649
$1,749___
43
403
97
189
43
117
1
19
16
$1,750 to
$1,850 to
$1,950 to
$2,050 to
$2,150 to
$1,849___
$1,949 . .
$2,049___
$2,149
$2,249 .
401
398
909
350
4,670
178
679
198
248
132
185
92
94
153
88
45
60
3
29
28
22
28
$2,250 to
$2,350 to
$2,450 to
$2,550 to
$2,650 to
$2,349 .
$2,449 . _
$2,549___
$2,649
$2,749___
1,159
347
1,426
5
262
159
871
118
118
247
$2,750 to $2,849 _ _
$2,850 to $2,949
$2,950 to $3,049
79
87
871
791
87
80
Footnotes at end of table.
4,576
779
70
308
5
79
16
18
10
14
24
3
12
28
1
1
20
43
1
1
$1,250 to
$1,350 to
$1,450 to
$1,550 to
$1,650 to
City group
3
1
3
12
4
10
9
18
6
1
20
1
6
15
MIDDLE ATLANTIC CITIES
T
able
10.—
21
Salaries o f M id d le A tla n tic police p a trolm en —
Continued
Number of patrolmen by specified grade
Third
Fourth
Salary group
All
cities
All patrolmen . _ __
$1,349
$1,449 . _
$1,549
$1,649____
$1,749
8
22
$1,750 to
$1,850 to
$1,950 to
$2,050 to
$2,150 to
$1,849
$1,949
$2,049
$2,149
$2,249
50
54
5
20
42
$2,349____
$2,449 __.
$2,549
$2,649____
$2,749
11
I
39
223
$1,250 to
$1,350 to
$1,450 to
$1,550 to
$1,650 to
$2,250 to
$2,350 to
$2,450 to
$2,550 to
$2,650 to
City group
III
57
All
cities
IV
45
82
81
4
4
3
7
1
23
10
19
11
39
1
2
8
16
24
29
2
10
4
5
5
10
10
2
I
II
III
57
14
10
7
~
IV
1
2
21
10
2
53
3
12
2
1
City group
2
17
2
5
7
2
4
1
2
2
$2,750 to $2,849
$2,850 to $2,949
$2,950 to $3,049 . _
Number of patrolmen by specified grade
Probationary
Fifth and below
Salary group
All
cities
City group
I
II
III
All
cities
IV
All patrolmen _
99
2 67
22
10
$1,250 to
$1,350 to
$1,450 to
$1,550 to
$1,650 to
$1,349...
$1,449____
$1,549 .
$1,649____
$1,749 __
3
22
13
3
22
9
2
2
$1,750 to
$1,850 to
$1,950 to
$2,050 to
$2,150 to
$1,849
$1,949____
$2,049____
$2,149____
$2,249 _
10
33
2
33
16
17
10
23
2
10
$2,250 to $2,3*9____
$2,350 to $2,4*9___
$2,450 to $2,549____
$2,550 to $2,649____
$2,650 to $2,749____
$2,750 to $2,849 . . .
$2,850 to $2,949____
$2,950 to $3,049____
1 Includes motorcycle, cruiser car, and traffic officers.
2 Includes 23 6th-grade patrolmen.
3 Includes 13 recruit patrolmen.
4 Less than H 6 of 1 percent.
40
6
City group
I
II
III
IV
4
336
4
13
23
22
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
T y p e s o f D u t y fo r P a tr o lm e n
M ore
t h a n a fif t h o f t h e p a t r o lm e n in M i d d l e A t l a n t i c c it ie s w e r e
d e fin ite ly
a s s ig n e d
to
t r a ffic
squ ads
e m e r g e n c ie s , t h e y w e r e a s s is te d b y
th e
th r e e la r g e s t
about
a fo u rth
m ou n ted .
c itie s
w ere
L arger
and,
in
a b o u t h a lf o f th e
m o to r c y c le
p r o p o r tio n s
ru sh
h ou rs
and
t r a ffic
o th e r m e m b e rs o f th e fo r c e .
tr a ffic s q u a d
o ffic e r s ,
w ere
on
and
about
fo o t
in
fo o t,
e ig h th
w ere
an
th e
In
w as on
th re e
grou ps
of
s m a lle r c itie s t h a n in g r o u p I c itie s .
S e v e n t y -n in e o u t o f e v e r y h u n d r e d p a t r o lm e n w e r e e n g a g e d in o t h e r
th a n
tr a ffic
d u tie s ,
w it h
43
on
fo o t
p a trol
and
20
T h e p r o p o r t io n in ca r s w a s la r g e s t fo r th e g r o u p I V
tru e
a ls o
fo r
p a tr o lm e n
m o to r c y c le
w ere
ten an ce w ork .
a s s ig n e d
In
o ffic e r s .
to
F ifte e n
s p e c ia l d u t ie s
th e la r g e
out
su ch
in
a u to m o b ile s .
c itie s , t h is b e in g
of
every
h u n d red
as c le r ic a l o r m a in
c itie s 2 5 p e r c e n t w e r e
engaged
in
su ch
w o r k a s c o m p a r e d w it h 9, 5, a n d 3 p e r c e n t in t h e o t h e r t h r e e g r o u p s .
T a b l e 11.— T y p e s o f d u ty f o r patrolm en o f M id d le A tla n tic police departm ents
Percentage
Number
Type of duty
City group
All
cities
All patrolmen _ ___ ______
All
cities
I
II
III
IV
11, 793
5,432
3,490
1,718
1,153
2, 475
1,179
729
381
186
90
1,467
606
179
133
12
592
313
150
112
48
472
173
20
16
19
258
92
9
3
11
145
28
9,318
4, 253
2,761
1,337
2,313
5,118
89
21
1, 777
737
2,160
845
1,587
15
14
300
395
829
24
7
82
Traffic duty________ _
Automobile
_ ___
Foot-. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
M o to rcy cle ____ __ _
Mounted
Other assignments__ _
Other than traffic duty__
Automobile
Foot________ _ _ __
Motorcycle
_ __ _ _
Mounted
Other assignments.___
1,356
City group
I
II
III
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
21.0
21.7
20.9
22.2
16.2
.2
10.9
5.8
2.8
2.0
1.4
13.5
5.0
.6
.4
1.1
15.0
5.4
.5
.2
1.0
12.6
2.4
2
.8
12.5
5.1
1. 5
1.1
967
79.0
78.3
79.1
77.8
83.8
336
542
50
19.6
43.4
.7
.2
15.1
13.5
39.8
24.2
45.5
.4
.4
8.6
23.0
48.2
1.4
.4
4.8
29. 1
47.0
4. 3
39
25.0
IV
.2
3.4
i
C o m p a r is o n
The
o f E m p lo y m e n t a n d
u n ifo r m e d
fo r c e s
of
th e
S a la r ie s i n
M id d le
V a r io u s
A tla n tic
p o lic e
O c c u p a tio n s
d e p a rtm e n ts
r e q u ir e d t h e s e r v ic e s o f 8 9 o u t o f e v e r y 1 0 0 m e n a n d t h e e x p e n d it u r e
o f 8 9 o u t o f e v e r y $ 1 0 0 u s e d f o r s a la r ie s .
T h e d e t e c t iv e b u re a u s a c
cou n ted
e m p lo y e e s
la r g e r
fo r
about
p r o p o r tio n
h a lf
of
of
th e
th e
r e m a in in g
r e m a in in g
s a la r ie s .
In
and
m ost
of
a
s lig h tly
th e
oth er
d iv is io n s o u t s id e th e u n ifo r m e d fo r c e th e p e r c e n t a g e o f p e r s o n n e l w a s
h ig h e r t h a n t h e p r o p o r t i o n o f s a la r ie s r e c e iv e d .
P a t r o l m e n c o n s t i t u t e d 7 4 p e r c e n t o f a ll e m p l o y e e s a n d r e c e i v e d 7 2
p e r c e n t o f a ll s a la r ie s .
who
c o n s titu te d
s a la r ie s .
0 .4
I n c o n t r a s t , s u c h s u p e r v is o r y o ffic e r s as c h ie fs ,
p ercen t
C a p ta in s , w h o w e r e
p e r c e n t o f s a la r ie s .
of
e m p lo y e e s ,
r e c e iv e d
0 .7
p ercen t
1 .2 p e r c e n t o f p e r s o n n e l , r e c e i v e d
of
1 .6
23
MIDDLE ATLANTIC CITIES
T able 12 .—
Percentage d is trib u tio n s 1 o f em p lo yees and
total salaries
in
M id d le
A tla n tic police d epartm en ts , by d ivision
Percentage of total salaries
Percentage of all employees
Division and occupation
City group
All
cities
I
II
III
IV
City group
All
cities
I
II
III
IV
All divisions_____ ___
____
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100. 0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Uniformed division
_ __
88.7
£9.7
87.3
88.3
89.1
89.3
90.5
88.5
88.2
88.9
Chiefs_________________
Assistant or deputy chiefsAssistant deputy chiefs- __
Inspectors
_ __
Captains. . . .
_
Lieutenants._____ _
Sergeants _____
_ ___
Plainclothesmen________
Patrolmen____________
Patrol drivers_________
Turnkeys______________
Miscellaneous ______ _
.4
.1
(2)
.2
1.2
2.9
4.6
1.5
73.5
1.6
1.1
1.6
(2)
(2)
(2)
.2
.9
1.5
2.6
1.4
75.8
2.3
1.9
3.1
.3
.2
.9
.3
1.9
.2
.1
1.5
.4
2.9
.3
.1
1.7
2.6
6.0
1.2
72.9
1.3
.6
.8
1.5
3.4
7.0
.5
73.0
1.0
.1
.4
.1
.1
(2)
.3
1.2
1.9
2.8
1.4
75.3
2.3
1.9
3.2
.5
.4
.2
1.3
4.7
6.3
2.1
70. 7
1.0
.4
.1
.7
.2
(2)
.3
1.6
3.8
5.2
1.5
71.9
1.5
1.0
1.6
.4
1.9
6.3
7.1
2.2
68.5
.8
.3
.1
2.0
3.3
6.4
1.0
71.0
1.2
.6
.8
2.0
4.1
7.6
.5
70.2
.9
(2)
.3
Detective bureau_____ _ _
Women’s bureau. _ . _____
Fingerprint section______
Telephone and radio________
Clerical division______ __ __
Maintenance . . . __________
Miscellaneous
5.2
.9
.6
1.0
1.1
2.3
.2
5.0
.8
.3
.7
1.3
2.0
.2
4.3
1.3
1. 2
1.2
1.0
3.5
.2
6.6
.8
.4
1.4
.9
1.6
5.9
.5
.6
1.0
1.1
1.3
.5
5.7
.6
.6
.9
.9
1.8
.2
5.6
.5
.2
.6
1.0
1.3
.3
4.6
.9
1.0
.9
1.0
2.9
.2
7.8
.5
.4
1.3
.7
1.1
6.7
.4
.7
1.0
1.0
.9
.4
1
1 Based on figures in appendix table I.
2Less than
of 1 percent.
A ll
s u p e r v is o r y
p erson n el
and
o ffic e r s 3
14
p ercen t
togeth er
of
to ta l
a cco u n te d
s a la r ie s .
fo r
11
B ecau se
p ercen t
of
th e
of
la r g e
n u m b e r o f p e r s o n s s u p e r v is e d in t h e d e p a r t m e n t s o f t h e th r e e la r g e s t
c itie s , s u p e r v is o r s c o n s t it u t e d a m u c h s m a lle r p e r c e n t a g e o f th e t o t a l
fo r g ro u p I th a n fo r g ro u p I V
In
grou p s
II
and
III,
c itie s — 6 p e r c e n t as a g a in s t 17 p e r c e n t .
s u p e r v is o r y
e m p lo y e e s
c o n s titu te d
15
and
14 p e r c e n t , r e s p e c t iv e ly .
Hours and Working Conditions
P r in c ip a l fa c to r s a ffe c tin g h o u r s a n d w o r k in g c o n d itio n s a re c u s to m
a n d t h e s iz e a n d fin a n c ia l s t a t u s o f t h e c i t y .
S ta te s ,
le g is la tiv e
e x a m p le ,
Y ork
th e
S ta te
8 -h o u r w o r k
a c tio n
th r e e -p la to o n
c itie s
of
day
and
b e e n p r e s c r ib e d s in c e
a
m in im u m
c o u n tie s ,
m en ts
of
tow n s,
w ere
has
24
fir s t
and
im p o r ta n t
been
secon d
r e q u ir e d
c la s s
s in c e
a n n u a l v a c a tio n
h ou rs
o f th e
1936
ra th e r th a n
I n th e M id d le A tla n tic
an
L e g is la t io n p a s s e d in
v illa g e s
in
has
and
a m in im u m
1935.
been
sy stem
c o n s e c u tiv e
ex ten d ed
w e re a p p o in te d
th e
a ls o
to
of
rest
S ta te ,
cover
per
and
even
fa c to r .
in
a ll
1911,
of
14
F or
N ew
and
1929 p r o v id e d
w eek
in
a ll
c iv il-s e r v ic e
v illa g e s
an
days have
fo r
c itie s ,
r e q u ir e
if th e ir
p o lic e
e le c te d .
3 Includes chiefs, assistant chiefs, assistant deputy chiefs, chiefs of detectives, inspectors, captains, lieuenants, sergeants, identification chiefs, superintendents of telephone and radio, and chief clerks.
24
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
S u c h le g is la tio n a ffe c ts d ir e c t ly b o t h th e o r g a n iz a t io n o f th e d e p a r t
m e n t a n d th e w o r k in g c o n d itio n s o f p o lic e e m p lo y e e s .
a ffe c tin g o r g a n iz a tio n
to
m eet
th e
are co s t a n d
v a r y in g
d a y , an d to
dem ands
fo r
th e n e e d
p o lic e
fo r
O th e r fa c to r s
s u ffic ie n t fle x ib ilit y
p r o te c tio n
th rou g h ou t
th e
t a k e c a r e o f s u c h u n u s u a l e v e n t s a s p a r a d e s , fa ir s , c o n
v e n t io n s , a n d e m e r g e n c ie s .
P la t o o n S y ste m s
F o r th e m o s t p a r t, p o lic e e m p lo y e e s in th e M id d le A t la n t ic S ta te s
w ork ed
under
v a r ia tio n s
of
th e
t h r e e -p la to o n
sy stem .
In
su ch
s y s t e m s t h e b a s i c s t r u c t u r e is t h r e e e q u a l g r o u p s w o r k i n g p e r i o d s o f
8 h ou rs each.
A l t e r n a t i o n o f p l a t o o n s is o r d i n a r i l y p r o v i d e d f o r , s o
th a t m e n d o n o t w o r k c o n tin u o u s ly o n th e sa m e 8 -h o u r to u r.
H ou rs o f D u ty
D a ily
and
w e e k ly
hou rs
under
c o n s id e r a b ly , w ith a ra n g e fr o m
7
days
Thus
of
one
d u ty
per w eek,
8 -h o u r
to
48.
The
on
fig u r e s f o r
w o r k in g
fig u r e s f o r
th e
d e p e n d in g
day
days
d iffe r e n t
sy stem s
used
4 0 to 72 h o u rs a n d fr o m
o ff
and
upon
th e
red u ces
v a r ie d
5 to a b o u t
a m o u n t o f tim e
w o r k in g
h ou rs w ork ed
h ou rs
per w eek
a c o m p le te y e a r o f e m p lo y m e n t.
o ff.
fr o m
56
are b a se d
A v e ra g e s fo r h o u rs
a re c o r r e c t to o n e -te n th o f a n h o u r, a n d a v e ra g e s fo r d a y s are c o r r e c t
to o n e -te n th o f a d a y .
W hen
a f u ll d a y o f f e a c h w e e k is p r o v i d e d f o r , a s in m o s t M i d d l e
A tla n t ic
c itie s , a n
a t t e m p t is u s u a lly m a d e
fo r
grou p
su ch
each
in
d a y s o f th e w eek .
grou ps,
a w ay
to
th a t th e d a y s
a r r a n g e th e s c h e d u le
o ff r o ta te
th ro u g h
th e
T o a c c o m p l i s h t h is t h e f o r c e is d i v i d e d i n t o s e v e n
e a c h o f w h ic h
sta rts
th e y e a r w ith
a d iffe r e n t d a y
o ff, p r o
g r e s s e s t h r o u g h t h e d a y s o f t h e w e e k in r e g u la r o r d e r a n d t h e n r e p e a ts
th e c y c le .
T h e r e g u la r v a c a t io n
w ith
pay
is in
a d d itio n
fo r c e s ,
o r 9 4 .6
to
w e e k ly
t im e o ff.
N e a r ly
a ll e m p lo y e e s in
th e u n ifo r m e d
p ercen t o f
th e t o ta l, w o r k e d u n d e r v a r ia tio n s o f th e t h r e e -p la to o n s y s te m , a n d
n e a r l y a ll t h e r e s t (5 .2 p e r c e n t ) w e r e m is c e lla n e o u s m a i n t e n a n c e a n d
c le r ic a l w o r k e r s , o r o t h e r s n o t in
p lo y e e s w o r k e d
an
th e u n ifo r m e d
fo r c e s .
a v era g e o f a b o u t 50 h ou rs a w eek .
T h ese
em
C h ie fs in
6
c i t i e s (2 i n e a c h o f t h e 3 s m a l l e r -s i z e g r o u p s ) w e r e r e p o r t e d a s o n c a ll
at
a ll
tim e s ,
and
are
c la s s ifie d
as
on
c o n tin u o u s
d u ty .
One
s m a ll
c it y h a d 18 e m p lo y e e s w o r k in g u n d e r a t w o -p la t o o n s y s te m .
S ix ty
out
of
p erson s, u sed
th e
sev en ty
a fo r m
4 8 -h o u r w o r k w e e k
of
th e
c itie s ,
e m p lo y in g
t h r e e -p la to o n
a n d a llo w e d
90
sy stem
out
of
w h ic h
1 d a y o ff e a ch w e e k .
every
100
r e q u ir e d
O ne grou p
a
II
c i t y a llo w e d c o n s id e r a b ly m o r e t im e o ff a n d 8 o t h e r c it ie s , m o s t l y in
g r o u p I V , r e q u ir e d a s lig h t ly lo n g e r w o r k w e e k .
25
MIDDLE ATLANTIC CITIES
T a b l e 13.— A verage hours and d ays on d u ty per w eek in M id d le A tla n tic police
departm ents
Cities reporting variations
Average Average
hours days on
on duty
duty
per
per
week
week
System of operation
Continuous duty___________________
168.0
2-
platoon:
Four 10-hour groups overlapping,
off 0.2 day per week___________
3-
platoon:
11-hour tours overlapping, off 0.5
day per week_________________
9-hour tours overlapping, off 2 days
per month___________________
8- hour tours, off 1 day every 21
days_________________________
9- hour tours overlapping, off 1 day
per week_____________________
8-hour tours, off every 15th day. _ _
8-hour tours, off 1 day every 8 days.
8-hour tours, off 1 day per w eek.._
8-hour tours, off 1 day every 8 days,
also 6.5 days each year_________
8-hour tours, off 2 days per week..
Other_____________________________
City group
All
cities
I
II
6
6.8
1
1
71.5
6.5
2
2
58.9
6.5
1
1
53. 3
6.7
1
1
54.0
52.3
49.0
48.0
6.0
6.5
6.1
6.0
1
2
1
60
48.0
40.0
6.0
5.0
1
1
50.3
6.0
61
67.7 -
2
All employees_____
Continuous duty
All
cities
11
3
III
II
6
2-platoon:
Four 10-hour groups overlapping,
off 0.2 day per week _
18
2
2
14
3
IV
2
All
cities
11-hour tours overlapping, off 0.5
day per week _
_. _
21
21
9-hour tours overlapping, off 2 days
per month_______________ ____
25
25
8-hour tours, off 1 day every 21
days _
_____
91
91
9-hour tours overlapping, off 1 day
perweek__ _ __ __ __ _ _
192
160
32
8-hour tours, off every 15th day__
112
112
8-hour tours, off 1 day every 8 days.
52
52
8-hour tours, off 1 day per week ___ 14, 359 6,909 4,114 2, 153 1,183
8-hour tours, off 1 day every 8
170
days, also 6.5 days each year
170
8-hour tours, off 2 days per week __
153
153
255
1 See appendix table J for greater detail by divisions.
2Less than Ho of 1 percent.
339
149
24
95
I
II
III
IV
100.0
.1
.1
93.6
92.8
.1
838
20
City group
(3)
94.7
____
25
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
18
__
2
1
21
Percentage of employees
3-platoon__________________________ 15,175 6,909 4, 597 2, 205 1,464
______ _
2
1
1
City group
I
2
1
______________ 16,037 7,164 4,938 2,356 1, 579
__ ________ .
Other
IV
7.0
Number of employees 1
System of operation
III
(3)
1.1
96.4
93.1
.1
1.3
.2
1.6
.6
5.8
1. 2
.7
.3
89.5
3.2
96.4
1.1
1.0
5.2
83.3
2.1
7.1
2. 2
91.4
74.9
6.3
6.0
3. 5
3.1
3.6
6.9
26
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
P r o m o t io n o f P a tr o lm e n
A u t o m a t ic p r o m o t io n o f p a t r o lm e n o f lo w e r g r a d e s a ft e r a s p e c ifie d
p e r io d
of
s e r v ic e
w as
p r o v id e d
fo r
in
52
c itie s .
o c c u r r e d a fte r 1 y e a r , a n d in 4 a ft e r 2 y e a r s .
b y c iv il-s e r v ic e e x a m in a tio n s a n d 6 b y
o n e c la s s ific a t io n fo r t h e ir p a t r o lm e n .
d id
n o t r e q u ir e
m en ts b y
e x a m in a tio n s
fo r
In
48
p r o m o t io n
E ig h t m a d e p r o m o t io n s
a p p o in tm e n ts ; a n d 4 h a d b u t
I n a ll g r o u p s s o m e c it ie s w h ic h
p r o m o t io n
c iv il-s e r v ic e e x a m in a tio n s a n d
m ade
o p e ra te d
o r ig in a l
a p p o in t
u n d e r c iv il-s e r v ic e
r e g u la tio n s .
T a b l e 14 . — P r o m o tio n o f patrolm en in M id d le A tla n tic police d epartm ents
Number of cities
City group
With automatic promotion
after—
Total
1
year
2
years
With promotion by—
Civil service Appointment
All cities _ __
70
48
4
8
Group
Group
Group
Group
3
14
1
11
1
2
2
13
23
2
1
3
I_______ _
II________
III- . . _
IV ____
22
31
1
With patrol
men all one
grade
6
4
2
4
4
V a c a tio n s W it h P a y
V a c a t i o n s w i t h p a y a v e r a g e d a b o u t 15 d a y s a n n u a lly f o r a ll 7 0 c it ie s .
I n t h e 3 l a r g e c it ie s a ll e m p l o y e e s w e r e a llo w e d 14 d a y s l e a v e .
t h a n n in e - t e n t h s o f a ll v a c a t i o n s w e r e
14 t o
M ore
18 d a y s in le n g t h .
The
a v e r a g e le n g t h o f v a c a t io n w a s s lig h t ly h ig h e r in th e o t h e r g r o u p s t h a n
in t h e 3 la r g e c itie s , a n d w a s h ig h e s t f o r g r o u p I I I c itie s .
T a b l e 15 .— D a y s o f vacation with p a y f o r em p lo yees o f M id d le A tla n tic police
departm ents
Total
num
ber of
employ-
City group
All cities.
Group
Group
Group
Group
Number of employees havingNo
vaca
tion
10
days
12
days 14 days 15 days 16 days 17 days 18 days
20
16, 037
I__
II__.
IllIV
7 days
7,164
4, 938
2, 356
1, 579
10, 570
2,151
1,278
136
7,164
1,705
904
797
1,420
126
305
1,027
135
116
17
103
16
324
235
113
Number of employees having—Continued
vniy group
19 days
All cities. _
Group
Group
Group
Group
...
I
II_________
III________
IV ________
234
20
days
246
21
days
313
22
days 23 days 24 days 25 days 26 days 28 days 30 days
64
10
46
15
30
14
22
!
220
12
2
93
151
2
41
168
104
40
19
5
3
6
1
20
21
5
4
9
2
3
27
6
6
2
5
14
3
27
MIDDLE ATLANTIC CITIES
I t e m s S u p p lie d t o t h e U n i f o r m e d F o r c e
O n ly
12 c itie s p r o v id e d fu ll u n ifo r m s o r a c a s h a llo w a n c e t o c o v e r
th em , th o u g h
2 o th e rs p r o v id e d
fo r
and
u n ifo r m s ,
11
p r o v id e d
a llo w a n c e in lie u o f t h e m
c itie s .
c lo th .
E le v e n
r a in c o a ts
or
fu r n is h e d
cap es.
w ere m o st co m m o n
tr im m in g s
U n ifo r m s
in g r o u p s I I I
or
an
and
IV
V a r io u s n e c e s s a r y ite m s o f p o lic e e q u ip m e n t s u c h as r e v o lv e r s
c lu b s , a n d n ig h ts t ic k s w e r e fu r n is h e d b y 25 to 4 6 c itie s ; a n d 57 o f th e
7 0 fu r n is h e d b a d g e s .
T a b l e 16 .— Ite m s s u p p lie d the u n ifo rm ed fo rce in M id d le A tla n tic police
departm ents
Number of cities supplying—
Number of
cities in
groups
City group
All cities.
Group
Group
Group
Group
_ ____________ _
70
I
_________ _ ___
II _________
_ __
III . _________ ___
IV. _ __ _____
3
14
22
31
Full uni
forms
6
4
2
Cloth for
uniforms
Trim
mings for
uniforms
Cash al
lowance
for uni
forms
Raincoats
or capes
2
11
6
11
1
1
3
2
5
1
3
2
1
4
6
1
Number of cities supplying—
City group
Revolvers
Allcities...
________
____
Group I _______________ .
Group II .
___ __________
Group III ________________
Group IV ___ ____________
45
8
14
23
Holsters
and belts
25
6
7
12
Handcuffs,
Clubs,
tv isters
nightsticks
Badges
35
46
57
43
6
9
20
1
10
14
21
1
13
18
25
8
11
24
i Whistles, flashlights, caps, gloves, winter coats, puttees, hats, boots, cartridges, etc.
Minor 1
items
Part III
Appendix
29
Appendix
The
N ew
M id d le
Y ork ,
A tla n tic
and
D iv is io n
P e n n s y lv a n ia .
in c lu d e s
A p p e n d ix
d e ta ile d in fo r m a t io n fo r N e w Y o r k C it y .
ta b le s
cover
d e t a ils f o r
th e
70
c it ie s in
th e S ta te s o f N e w
ta b le s
T a b le D
part II.
A,
B,
and
Jersey,
C
g iv e
a n d th e fo llo w in g
T a b le
D
lis t s
th e
7 0 M id d le A t la n t ic c itie s w it h t h e ir 1 9 3 0 p o p u la t io n s , n u m b e r o f p o lic e
in p r o p o r t i o n
G , and
H
to p o p u la t io n , a n d th e p e r c a p ita c o s ts .
g iv e
th e n u m b e r o f p e rs o n s e m p lo y e d
and
T a b le s E , F ,
th e in d iv id u a l
o c c u p a t i o n a l s a la r ie s in e a c h o f t h e c it ie s o f g r o u p s I , I I , I I I , a n d I V .
T a b l e I s u m m a r iz e s t o t a l e m p lo y m e n t a n d t o t a l s a la r ie s p a id in e a c h
d i v i s io n a n d o c c u p a t i o n f o r a ll c it ie s a n d f o r e a c h s iz e g r o u p .
T a b le
J sh o w s a v e r a g e w e e k ly h o u r s a n d d a y s o n d u t y u n d e r v a r io u s s y s te m s
o f o p e r a tio n , b y
d i v i s io n s f o r a ll c it ie s a n d f o r e a c h s iz e g r o u p .
d a t a i n t h e t a b l e s , e x c e p t p o p u l a t i o n , a r e a s o f J u l y 1, 1 9 3 8 .
30
A ll
31
MIDDLE ATLANTIC CITIES
T a b l e A . — N u m b er o f em p lo yees and a nnual salaries in the N e w Y o rk C ity police
departm ent b y o ccu p ation s , J u l y 1 , 1 9 3 8
Division and occupation
All occupations____
Uniformed division:
Commissioners. _
Deputy commissioners.
Chief inspectors______________________________
Assistant chief inspectors_____________________
Deputy chief inspectors_______________________
Inspectors___________________________________
Deputy inspectors___________________________
Captains____________________________________
Lieutenants (acting captains)-------------------------Lieutenants_________________________________
Sergeants____________________________________
Patrolmen:
1st grade________________________________
2d and 3d grade__________________________
4th grade________________________________
5th grade________________________________
6th and 7th grade________________________
Other patrolmen: Motorcycle_____________
Detective bureau:
Commanding officers_________________________
Inspectors___________________________________
Deputy inspectors___________________________
Captains____________________________________
Lieutenants_________________________________
Sergeants____________________________________
Detectives:
1st grade (patrolmen with additional salary) 1
2d grade (patrolmen with additional salary) V
3d grade (patrolmen with additional salary) 1
4th grade (patrolmen—straight) 1__________
1st grade, policewomen 1__________________
Crime prevention:
Supervisors______________________________
Investigators_____________________________
Women’s bureau:
Policewomen:
1st grade_________________________________
2d grade________________________________
Fingerprint section 2_____________________________
Telephone and radio:
Superintendents of telegraph__________________
Assistant superintendents____________________
Radio operators (patrolmen) 1_________________
Telephone operators (patrolmen) 1_____________
Teletype operators (patrolmen) 1______________
Miscellaneous:
Clerks (patrolmen) 1______________________
Radio repair mechanics___________________
Clerical:
Number of
employees
19,556
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
9
25
23
103
31
507
958
$12,500
5, 000
6, 500
7, 500
9, 000
9, 000
6.800
6. 300
5, 900
5, 500
5,000
4,500
4, 000
3,500
12,135
37
8
383
1, 781
340
3, 000
2, 750
2,500
2,250
2, 000
3, 000
1
3
4
3
79
89
5,900
5, 900
5,500
5,000
4, 000
3, 500
251
60
505
945
8
4, 000
3,240
3, 200
3,000
3,000
1
18
4, 500
3, 000
126
1
3, 000
2, 750
1
1
23
106
20
5, 750
4,260
3, 000
3,000
3, 000
3
19
3, 000
1,800
(
Clerks____
3 170
Secretaries..
1
1
Stenographers.
Typists..
Miscellaneous: Messengers.
Maintenance:
Cleaners___
Electricians .
Hostlers____
Laborers____________________
Linemen____________________
Machinists, automobile_______
See footnotes at end o f table.
Salary
rate
<49
10
2
1
1
1
8
13
17
17
170
2
6
5
\
[
f
\
[
1,200
to
5,540
2,700
2,880
1,200
to
3,840
960
1,140
1, 620
1,740
1,320
1, 740
960
2,800
2,008
1, 500
1,620
1, 938
2, 250
32
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
T a b l e A . — N u m b er o f em p lo yees and an n u al salaries in the N e w Y o rk C ity police
departm ent b y occu p ation s , J u ly l t 1 9 3 8 —
Division and occupation
Maintenance—Continued
General mechanics:
Auto mechanics__________
Carpenters______________
Foremen________________
Glaziers_________________
Letterers________________
Mechanics, general_______
Mechanics, taximeter____
Painters_________________
Carriage painters________
Sign painters____________
Plumbers_______________
Sheet metal workers_____
Steam fitters____________
Mechanics’ helpers: Plumbers.
Miscellaneous:
Attendants______________
Cable splicers___________
Care-takersCompositors.
Draftsmen:
Architectural__________
Electrical______________
Mechanical____________
Topographical_________
Electrical engineers________
Assistant electrical engineers
Enginemen, automobile____
Elevator operators_________
Feeders, press_____________
Firemen, stationary_______
Harnessmakers____________
Horseshoers___ ___________
Pressmen_________________
X-ray electricians_________
Miscellaneous:
Chemists_____________________
Dentists______________________
Roentgenologists______________
Chief surgeons________________
Surgeons___________________
Veterinarians_________________
Inspectors, light and power____
Inspectors, licensed vehicles____
Messengers___________________
Property clerks_______________
Assistant property clerks______
Telephone operators___________
Continued
Number of
employees
{
{
Salary
rate
82
15
2
1
1
2
13
1
18
2
4
9
2
2
1
$2,188
2,800
2,188
3, 601
2,800
2,938
1,800
2, 460
2,375
2,375
2,438
3,000
2, 800
3,000
1,500
30
1
1
5
1
1,200
2,196
2, 250
1,200
to
2,008
2, 500
2, 750
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
12
26
104
1
1
5
1
1
6
1
5
2
1
2,700
3,120
4,200
3,120
3,120
2,400
7, 700
3,120
3, 300
4,260
1, 500
1,620
1,740
2,040
1, 500
1,800
1,920
2,242
2,555
2,000
2,500
2,868
2, 750
1
1
1
1
1
22
1
7
1
1
1
9
1
1
1
1
13
3,000
3, 600
3,000
3, 500
6, 300
5,000
4, 500
2,400
2,340
1,440
1, 560
1,740
4,000
2, 700
1,200
1, 320
1, 440
f
6 31 \
l
1 Regularly detailed to this service; not included elsewhere.
2 Work handled by detective bureau.
3 Includes 56 at $1,200; 32 at $1,320; 39 at $1,440; 2 at $1,560; 1 at $1,680; 3 at $1,740; 1 at $1,800; 2 at $2,040;
1 at $2,280; 4 at $2,340; 5 at $2,400; 3 at $2,520; 1 at $2,580; 2 at $2,640; 1 at $2,940; 6 at $3,000; 2 at $3,120; 1 at
$3,240; 1 at $3,300; 1 at $3,480; 1 at $3,500; 1 at $3,600; 1 at $4,000; 1 at $5,000; 1 at $5,250; and 1 at $5,540.
* Includes 3 at $1,200; 18 at $1,320; 12 at $1,440; 2 at $1,620; 4 at $1,740; 1 at $2,040; 1 at $2,280; 3 at $2,340;
3 at $2,400; 1 at $3,000; and 1 at $3,840.
» Includes 1 at $1,200; 1 at $1,500; 1 at $1,620; 18 at $1,740; and 10 at $2,008.
MIDDLE ATLANTIC CITIES
T
able
B .—
33
Total salaries and total nu m ber o f em p lo yees in the N e w
police departm ent , J u ly 1, 1 9 3 8
Division and occupation 1
Number of
employees
Y ork
C ity
Total salaries
All occupations_____________________
19, 556
$57, 495,119
Uniformed division_________________
16, 349
48, 406,000
1
6
59
103
538
958
12,500
41,000
346, 500
515, 000
2,167, 500
3, 353,000
12,135
37
8
383
1,781
340
36, 405,000
101, 750
20,000
861, 750
3, 562,000
1,020,000
Detective bureau___________________
1,967
6,420,000
Commanding officers____________
Inspectors______________________
Captains_______________________
Lieutenants____________________
Sergeants_______________________
Detectives 2____________________
Miscellaneous__________________
1
7
3
79
89
1, 769
19
5,900
39, 700
15,000
316,000
311,500
5, 673, 400
58,500
Women’s bureau: Policewomen______
127
380, 750
Telephone and radio________________
173
500, 210
1
1
23
106
20
22
5, 750
4,260
69,000
318,000
60,000
43,200
Clerical____________________________
244
400, 930
Clerks_________________________
Secretaries______________________
Stenographers and typists_______
Miscellaneous__________________
170
2
63
9
284, 650
5, 580
95,460
15,240
Maintenance_______________________
632
1,187, 589
Cleaners_______________________
Electricians____________________
Hostlers________________________
Laborers_______________________
Linemen_______________________
Machinists, automobile__________
General mechanics______________
Mechanics helpers______________
Miscellaneous__________________
13
17
17
172
6
5
154
1
247
12, 480
47,600
34,136
258, 240
11,628
11, 250
359, 781
1,500
450,974
Miscellaneous______________________
64
199, 640
Medical________________________
Inspection______________________
Other miscellaneous_____________
28
8
28
133, 900
19,140
46, 600
Commissioners_________________
Deputy commissioners__________
Inspectors______________________
Captains_______________________
Lieutenants____________________
Sergeants_______________________
Patrolmen:
1st grade____________________
2d and 3d grade_____________
4th grade___________________
5th grade___________________
• 6th and 7th grade____________
Other patrolmen: Motorcycle_
Superintendents of telegraph_____
Assistant superintendents___ ____
Radio operators (patrolmen) 2____
Telephone operators (patrolmen) 2_
Teletype operators (patrolmen) 2__
Miscellaneous__________________
1 Details on the number of employees and the range of salaries for each occupation are shown in table A .
2 Patrolmen or policewomen regularly detailed to this service; not included elsewhere.
34
T
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
able
C. —
A verag e hours and d a ys on d u ty p er week f o r em p lo yees in the N e w Y o rk
C ity police departm ent, J u ly 1, 1 9 3 8
System of operation
Aver Aver
age
age
hours days
on
on
duty duty
per
per
week week
19, 556 16, 349
Total number of employees
Single-platoon: On 6 days, off
1 day
.
144.0
6.00
3-platoon. . . .
8-hour tours—off 1 day
per week _
8-hour tours—off 0.82 day
per week. _______
8-hour tours—off 0.70 day
per week
8-hour tours—off 0.78 day
per week
Other
T
________
__
De
Uni
All
tec
divi formed
tive
bu
sions divi
sion
reau
237
Wom Tele
Mis
en’s phone Cleri Main
te
cella
bu
and
cal
nance neous
reau radio
1,967
200
11
18,739 16,149
1,937
48.0
6.00
1,408
507
835
49.4
6.18
1,047
958
89
1,013
50.4
6. 30 15,944 14,344
49.8
6.22
340
43.4
5.42
580
127
173
127
171
244
632
2
64
24
355
66
127
171
289
340
19
244
277
40
D . — P o lice departm ent em p lo yees and sala ry costs in relation to p o p u la tio n
in M id d le A tla n tic cities with a p op u lation o f 8 5 ,0 0 0 or m o re,1 J u ly 1, 1 9 3 8
able
City
Population
2
Employees
per 10,000
Per capita
salary cost
All cities__________ .. .
_ _ _____ ________________ ____
Group I—cities of 50,000 and over._ . . . ____________ __ ___
Buffalo, N. Y ________________________________________
Philadelphia, Pa_____________________________________
Pittsburgh, Pa___ ______
______ _ _
8,333.840
3,193, 854
573, 076
1, 950,961
669,817
19
22
22
25
15
$4. 41
4.98
4.92
5.49
3.52
Group II—cities of 100,000 to 500,000____ _______________ _
Albany, N. Y _______ . . . _______ _
______ _________
_
____________ . . .
Camden, N. J _ ______
Elizabeth, N. J_ . _ ___ _______ . . . . . . -- ----------- _ __
Erie, Pa__________ ________________________________
Jersey City, N. J __________________ _____________ .
Newark, N. J
.
______ . . . _______ _____ _ ___ _
Paterson, N. J _ _ ________ __ _ ________ _______ _
Reading, Pa. _ _____
. . . . _____ __ _ . . .
Rochester, N. Y . ______ _ _ _____ _
__ _____
___
Scranton, Pa______ _____ _______ _
______ __ ___
Syracuse, N. Y _ _ ___. . .
. . . ___ _ . . . ______ _
Trenton, N. J__________. . . ___ ____ _
______ ___
Utica, N. Y __________________________________________
Yonkers, N. Y ------------ --------------------- ------ ------------
2, 526, 037
127, 412
118, 700
114, 589
115,967
316, 715
442, 337
138, 513
111, 171
328,132
143,433
209, 326
123, 356
101, 740
134,646
20
29
17
18
11
30
25
21
15
10
13
15
19
17
22
4.81
5. 69
3.39
4.21
2.11
9.43
6.37
4.94
2.45
2. 21
2.40
3.25
4.20
3.45
6.84
Group III—cities of 50,000 to 100,000... _ _______ ____
_ .
Allentown, Pa______________________________ ________
Altoona, Pa_____ _
_
_ _ _ _ _ _ ___ ___
Atlantic City, N. J_______ _ _______ _______
__ _ _
Bethlehem, P a ___ _____ ___ ______ _____ _
Binghamton, N. Y ___ _
__ ___ _ _ _________ _ _
Chester, Pa____
____
_
_______________
East Orange, N. J______ ___ ____________ ______ ___
Harrisburg, Pa______ _
_ _ ._ . . . ________ _ __
Hoboken, N. J___ ___ _______ _____ ____ _
_ ______ _
Irvington, N. J_______ _______________________ _____
Johnstown, Pa___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
. . .
Lancaster, Pa____ ______________ ____________________
McKeesport, Pa.. . _ _ .
. _______ _
_ _ ___
Mount Vernon, N. Y ____
________ ____
New Rochelle, N. Y
_____ ___
____ _______ __
Niagara Falls, N. Y _____ ___ __ _ ___ _____________
Passaic, N. J______ _ ___ ------ ------------------ ------Schenectady, N. Y ___________
_
________________
Troy, N. Y __________________________________________
Union City, N. J___ __________
___ ___ __ ___ _ ___
Wilkes-Barre, Pa___
___ _ __ _ _ _ _
_
___ ---York, Pa---------- ------------------ ---------------------- --------
1, 503, 372
92, 563
82, 054
66,198
57, 892
76, 662
59,164
68, 020
80, 339
59, 261
56, 733
66, 993
59,949
54, 632
61,499
54,000
75, 460
62, 959
95. 692
72, 763
58, 659
86, 626
55, 254
16
11
8
29
11
16
10
17
16
26
12
11
10
13
21
27
16
15
16
21
22
12
10
3.47
1.94
1.39
7.18
1.97
3.29
1.77
4.42
2.92
6.09
2.93
2.01
1.92
2. 52
6.20
7. 79
3.31
3.97
3.39
3.58
5. 55
2. 38
2.00
See footnotes at end of table.
MIDDLE ATLANTIC CITIES
35
T a b l e D . — P o lice departm ent em p lo yees and sala ry costs in relation to p op u la tion
in M id d le A tla n tic cities with a p o p u la tio n o f 2 5 ,0 0 0 or m ore, J u l y 1, 1 9 3 8 —
City
Group IV—cities of 25,000 to 50,000__________________ ______
Aliquippa, Pa ___ _
_
_ ______________ .. _
Auburn, N. Y __________
_________ _______________
Belleville, N. J____-___________________________________
Bloomfield, N. J_____________________________________
Clifton, N. J_________________________________________
_____
Easton, Pa_________________________________
Elmira, N. Y ________________________________________
Garfield, N. J________________________________________
Hazleton, Pa________________________ ______________
Jamestown, N. Y__ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Kearny, N. J___ ___ ______________________ _________
Kingston, N. Y ____________________ ______ _______
Lebanon, Pa________________ _ ________ _ _________
Lower Merion, Pa A
____________
New Brunswick, N. J ______ _ _ _ _
_______ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
Newburgh, N. Y __ _ _ ___________________ __________ ________
New Castle, Pa_______ ______ __________ _
____________ _
Norristown, Pa____ __
________ __ _______ _ _________
North Bergen, N. J.*_______ __ __ _____________ _ _ ________
Orange, N. J___________________ ______________ ________________
Plainfield, N. J ______________________________ __________________________
Poughkeepsie, N. Y _________________________________________________
Rome, N. Y _
_ _
_ ___
__ _ __________ __
Sharon, P a ______ _ _ _ _ ______________ _ ______________ __
Upper Darby Pa i _______ ________________ ___________ __________ __
Watertown, N. Y __ _______ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________
West New York, N. J _________ ______ ______ __
______________
White Plains. N. Y ___________________________________________________
____
_ ________________
Wilkinsburg, Pa. _ __ ___ ________
Williamsport, Pa_______ . _ ------------------- ---------- ---------------------Woodbridge, N. J .s___________________________________________________
Population
Employees
Per 10,000
Con.
Per capita
salary cost
1,110, 577
14
$3.13
27,116
36, 652
26,974
38, 077
46, 875
34, 468
47, 397
29, 739
36, 765
45,155
40, 716
28,088
25, 561
35,166
34, 555
31, 275
48, 674
35, 853
40,714
35, 399
34, 422
40, 288
32, 338
25, 908
46. 626
32, 205
37,107
35, 830
29, 639
45, 729
25,266
8
11
13
17
11
10
17
13
7
11
16
12
11
31
13
16
9
9
17
18
1.60
1.96
3.10
4. 55
2.89
1.96
3.23
3. 41
1.20
1.95
4.29
2. 64
1. 67
5.87
3.16
3.31
1.56
1.63
4.44
4.49
4.54
3. 39
1.72
1. 65
3.88
2.05
5. 66
8. 25
1. 22
1.27
3.48
19
16
9
9
21
11
22
30
7
8
14
1 Includes all Middle Atlantic cities and urban townships having populations of 25,000 or more, except
New York City, which is covered by part I of this bulletin, and Bayonne, N. J. (88,979); Amsterdam, N. Y.
(34,817); Montclair, N. J. (42,017); Nanticoke, Penna. (26,043); and Perth Amboy, N. J. (43,516); for which
data were not available.
2 Based on U. S. Census of Population for 1930.
2Township classified as urban by special rule of the U. S. Bureau of the Census.
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
36
E.-— N u m b e r o f e m p l o y e e s a n d a n n u a l s a la r ie s i n p o lic e d e p a r t m e n t s o f
ea ch o f 3 M i d d l e A t l a n t ic citie s w ith a p o p u l a t i o n o f 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 a n d over, 1 b y o c c u
p a ti o n s , J u l y 1 , 1 9 3 8
T able
New York
Buffalo
Division and occupation
Num
ber
All employees. _
__ __
___
____________ _ __
1
1
1
3
19
11
63
Patrolmen:
835
1st grade. ______ ___ ____ ___ ____________
14
2d grade
.
. _ _ ___________________
_ _____ _____ _______
3d grade . ____
Patrol drivers___
_ _____ ___ ___________
(2)
Turnkeys
_ __ _____ ____ ____ ________
(2)
Miscellaneous:
1
Chief desk lieutenants.
. . . ___ __ __
1
Assistant chief desk lieutenants
__ _____
Inspectors, record room
_ _ ______ ____ _
Lieutenants (desk) _
________
{
85
Sergeants (house desk)
__ _ _ _
Sergeants (headquarters desk)
____ __
Detective bureau:
1
Chiefs of detectives___ _ . _ _
_ ____
3
Assistant chiefs of detectives___
Inspectors _ _ _ _
__
_ _
__ _ _ _ _ _
Captains
_ _ _ ____ _
_ _______
Lieutenants.
_ ____ _
36
Sergeants
_______ _ _
_
__ _ __
70
Detectives ______ _
_
_____ _____
Women’s bureau:
Lieutenants
____ _
__ ______ _
Policewomen __ __ _____ _ _ _ ______ ____
4
Matrons _ ___
__ _ ________ ______
5
Miscellaneous:
Chiefs juvenile division _ ____ ___ ____
Assistant chiefs juvenile division _ ___ ____
Fingerprint section:
1
Identification chiefs
_ _ _ ______ ___ _
Fingerprint operators _ _ __ _ __ ___
(2)
Miscellaneous:
Apprentice Bertillon operators __ __ ______
Telephone and radio division:
Chief operators _ __ _ _ _
Radio operators _ _ __
_
_
_ _______
_ _______________
______ _______
Telephone operators___ _____________________
Miscellaneous:
Signal service operators. .__
_ _ ______
Assistant signal service operators.
_______
See footnotes at end o f table.
Philadelphia
Salary
rate
Num
ber
1, 255
Uniformed division:
Chiefs or superintendents. _ _______ __________
Assistant or deputy chiefs
__ ____________
Assistant deputy chiefs__ ___ _____
_ ______
Inspectors___ _ _ _____
___________ ____ _
Captains. _____ _ _ ________ __ ________
Lieutenants. _ _ _____________
_ _ ________ J
1
Photographers
Pennsylvania
00
Salary
rate
4,898
3,741
24
39
120
120
2.190
2,008
1, 825
2.190
2.190
3,000
2, 700
2,180 j ______
2,300 J
123
4
2,400
2,300
2,000
1,669 {
1
13
1
1
{l
2,800
1
2,404
1
4
3,001
2,300
i
\
$5,970
4,130
6
3,300
36
35
2,700
2,480
779
2,310
42
16
2.310
2.310
1
3,300
3,685
2, 750
2,600
2, 400
1
1
2
3
34
3, 300
3,030
2, 700
2,480
2, 700
1,100
1, 350 }
1
4
1, 650
1,540
1, 400
23
9
2
6
1,800
i
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3
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l
1
1
3,000
1,800 |
2, 500 / ---------
*
25
2
Salary
rate
2, 365
2, 265
4,050
3,200
2
8
14
185
Num
ber
1, Oil
1 $6, 500
$6,300
1
4,500
4,500
1
3,001
2,400
4,050
3,080
6
3,150
45
2,800
2,610 ) ______
2,760
147
2,475
100
2.190
2.200
lj 900
Pittsburgh
1
2
2,480
2,310
2
1,800
2,200 1
3.000 r .......
1,500
1
2,400
»
2.000 (
1,800
1,900 J---------
2,800
2,550
2,670
3
3
2,570
1,670
MIDDLE ATLANTIC CITIES
37
T able E. —
N u m b e r o f e m p l o y e e s a n d a n n u a l s a la r ie s i n p o lic e d e p a r t m e n t s o f
ea ch o f 8 M i d d l e A t l a n t i c c itie s w ith a p o p u l a t i o n o f 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 a n d over, b y o c c u
p a ti o n s , J u l y 1 , 1 9 3 8 — Continued
New York
Division and occupation
Buffalo
Numher
Salary
rate
Clerical division:
Chief clerks__
1
Clerks______
2
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Num
ber
Salary
rate
Number
$3,301
1
1,669
3 28
$3,000
f 1,350
to
[ 2,400
1
1
1
1
Bookkeepers-.
Secretaries___
2,101
Stenographers
2,484
Typists__________________________
Miscellaneous:
Auditors_____________________
Property clerks_______________
Statisticians__________________
Maintenance:5
Cleaners_________________________
Janitors_________________________
Hostlers_________________________
Laborers_________________________
Linemen________________________
Machinists______________________
General mechanics:
Assistant foremen, police garage
Mechanics, auto______________
Mechanics helpers________________
Miscellaneous:
Battery men_________________
Cable splicers________________
Cable splicer helpers__________
Engineers____________________
Engineers, marine____________
Firemen_____________________
Horseshoers__________________
Instrument repairmen________
Saddlers_____________________
Switch board men____________
Miscellaneous:
Chief surgeons___________________
Surgeons________________________
Pennsylvania
1
4 38
7
2,600
1,350
to
2, 200
1, 500
1,600
Salary
rate
$2,530
1,540
1,650
1,760
1, 730
1,980
2, 500
1,000
1,300
1,800
14
1
2,101
2,070
1
11
21
2,100
2, 070
1, 620
1
1
1
3
1
2,133
2, 401
2,101
2,401
2,430
2,101
2,133
2,166
3,101
800
1, 200
1, 350
2,200
1, 600
1,800
1,700
5,000
2,200
1 Based on U. S. Census of Population for 1930.
2 Assigned from uniformed force.
3 Includes 1 at $1,350, 1 at $1,400, 16 at $1,500, 2 at $1,600, 2 at $1,700, 2 at $1,800, 2 at $2,000, 1 at $2,200,
and 1 at $2,400.
4 Includes 14 at $1,350, 12 at $1,500, 9 at $1,800, 2 at $2,000, and 1 at $2,200.
5 Work of this division performed by separate city bureau in Pittsburgh.
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
.b l e F . — N u m b er o f em p lo yees and annual salaries in police depa rtm ents o f each
•
,
occu p a tion s
New Jersey
Division and occupation
Camden
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All employees 2__________________________
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
198
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£
$
0h
3
S
Typist,................. ............ ........... . . .
Miscellaneous:
Pawnshop clerks_________ ____ _
Property clerks__________________ I___
footnotes at end of table.
Newark
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Paterson
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Uniformed division:
1 $4,000
1 $4,500
Chiefs or superintendents_____________
Assistant or deputy chiefs
Inspectors
_
_ _ __
Captains
____
_____
___
3 3,200
Lieutenants__
______
_ ___ _
5 2, 500
Sergeants. . . .
_____
_______ _
_ 13 2,220 13 2,525
Plainclothesmen______
8 2.040
Patrolmen:
1st grade____ _____ _____________ 117 2.040 159 2, 375
1 2, 265
2d g ra d e_____
_____ _
_
3d grade__ _
16 2,155
4th grade __ _ _ _
9 1, 550
5th grade
___ __ _
3 1,499
6th grade____
_______ _
Patrol drivers.
_ _ _ __ ____
6 2.040
Turnkeys.,
___ __ _ ______ _
3 2.040
Miscellaneous:
_ __ _
Court officers_________
Rear of patrol____ __ _ _ _____
6 2,040
Detective bureau:
Chiefs______
___ _ __ _ ___ _
Inspectors _____
_ __
1 3, 200
Captains________ __ _ ________
Lieutenants___ ____ _______
1 2, 500
Sergeants. . _._ __ __________ ___
1 2,220
4 2,525
Detectives... ___ _____ __ _ ___
13 2,220
Women’s bureau:
Policewomen _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ __ ___
Matrons________
____
3
960
Miscellaneous: Confidential employees.
Fingerprint section:«
Identification chiefs ________
(3)
Identification clerks___ __ _
Fingerprint operators_______________
1 2,040
Telephone and radio division:
Superintendents_____________ ____ _
Chief operators (telephone and radio). .
Radio operators. .
_______
3 1,660 (3)
Telephone operators_______ ______
(3)
Miscellaneous:
Radio engineers____ ^ ___
Radio repairmen___________ _
Clerical division:«
Chief clerks___________ _
1 2,400
Assistant chief clerks_____ __
Clerks____ _
___ __ ___
1 2,196 (3)
Bookkeepers________________ ______
Secretaries. _. __ _____ ___
Assistant secretaries. _ ________ _
Stenographers______________________
Jersey
City
Elizabeth
m
948
2
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1
1
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1
1098
295
1 $9, 000
1 $6,000
1 $4,200
2 7.000
3 5.000
4 6.000
2 4, 750
3,700
12 5.000 u
4.000 } < 3,200
125 3,700 22 3,500
9 2,800
82 3, 500 53 3.000 22 2,500
30 3, 450 (3)
18 2, 300
595 3.000 871 2,500 142
22
1 2,300
5
11
4
9 2,200
(3)
CO
1 6,000
1 5,000
2 4.000
15 3, 500
20 3.000
(3)
(3)
2, 300
2, 200
2,100
2,000
1,900
3 2,500
18 2,300
2 2,700
3 2,500
1 2,000
1,740 }
19 1, 551
{ 13 1,940 / —
1 2,500
1 3,500
fl, 800
MO 12,680
(3)
}
1 3,200
(3)
(3)
1 5,500
1 4,400
2 2,700
(3)
{
1 2,900
{
1 4,500
1,580
1 2, 560 }
1 2,800
5 2,300
1 2,800
3
2,300
2 2,500
1 3,700
l i
1 3,700
1 3. 700
2,100
3 2,500
1 2,800
2.300
2
1 2.300
2, 400
2, 780 1
2,980 r ‘
MIDDLE ATLANTIC CITIES
A tla n tic cities with a p o p u la tio n o f 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 and und er 5 0 0 ,
New York
Albany
Roches
ter
Syracuse
Pennsylvania
Utica
Yonkers
Erie
Reading
328
$4,900
3,600
3,150
2,835
2, 625
2,415
2,100
$6,000
3,600
3,300
2,740
2,290
2,140
2.040
$4,000
3,400
$7,000
3,360
$2,400
2,600
2,400
2,200
4,500
4,000
3, 400
2,160
2,100
1,860
1,800
2,000 198 2,100
1,900
1,800
1,700
2.040
2,000
1,850
1,700
1, 550
3,000
2,850
2,725
2,625
1,600
1,
2,100
2.040
2.040
$4,500
500
2,600
2,400
2, 250
1, 520
(3)
67 1,920
L:
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1,1
1,620
1,440
1,740
1, 680
1, 620
1.920
1.920
1.560
1.560
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
3,428
3,420
2,660
2, 518
2, 518 (3)
2,250
1,300
4,700
2,600
2,400
3, 300
2,783
2, 350
2, 546
2,740
2, 340
2,100
1,600
2,040
1,200 (5)
2,100
2,340
2,040
2,200
1,860
3,400
3,200
2,000
1,800
1,680
24
25
26
2,100
27
28
29
3,200
00
00
2,280
1,700
1,760
2,600
1,750
2,000
4,000
1.560
1.560
1,800
00
1,800
2,300
1,500
1,800
2,000
936
2,440
2,040
1, 750
3,200
1,500
1,680
30
31
32
33
34
35
2,100
1,643
2,040
2,400
18
19
20
21
22
23
1,
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
See footnotes at end of table,
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
b l e F .—
N u m b er o f em p lo yees and annual salaries in police depa rtm ents o f each
o ccu p a tion s, J u ly
New Jersey
Camden
Elizabeth
Division and occupation
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1
£
46
47
48
49
Maintenance:8
Cleaners __ _ ______ ___ _ __ _ _
Electricians __ ___________________ _
Janitors
__________________ _____ _
Laborers _______ _ ________ ____ _ _
50
Linemen
51
Machinists
______ ___________
General mechanics:
2 $1, 560
_
Auto mechanics______________
Carpenters _
__
Foremen
Mechanics, traffic signal system __
Painters
Plumbers _
_
_ ____ _
Mechanics helpers:
Carpenters’ helpers. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Electricians’ helpers _ _ _ __
Mechanics’ helpers.
Miscellaneous:
Assistant electrical engineers _
Car washers
Electrical draftsmen _ _
_ _
Garage attendants.
______ _
Utility men ______________ ____
Miscellaneous:
Surgeons
_ _
(8)
Medical examiners, _ _____
Assistant medical examiners______ ____
Athletic instructors______
______
Chaplains
______
___
Chemists _ _____ _ _ ______
__
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
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I $2,825
4 1,050
1 1,500
53
54
56
57
!
_ __ _____ __________ _
52
55
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i $1, 564 ...
i 1,564
19 $2, 281
2,900
2,500
3,000
i ; 3,100 1 6
i 3, 300
5 $1, 900
4 2,300
_ _
1 3, 099
1 2,600
2 3, 020
1 2, 800
2, 657 y{ 1 3, 600 /
1 3,036
1 2,086
(3)
6 2,086
1 2,800
1 1, 700
33 2, 281
1 1,200
1 2,000
1 4, 750 (*)
1 6,000
1 3,000
1 4, 000
(8)
1 2,800 — -
B ased o n U . S. C en su s of P o p u la tio n for 1930.
T o ta ls in clu d e re g u lar, fu ll-tim e em ployees b u t do n o t in clu d e p a rt-tim e em ployees o r call m en .
A ssigned from u n ifo rm e d division.
A ss is ta n t chief of police acts as chief of d etectiv es.
O n call.
W o rk of th is d iv isio n perform ed b y m e n assigned from u n ifo rm ed force in A lb a n y .
In c lu d e s 5 a t $1,800, 30 a t $2,000, 3 a t $2,320, a n d 2 a t $2,680.
W o rk of th is div isio n perfo rm ed b y se p a ra te c ity b u re a u or p riv a te c o m p a n y in R o ch ester.
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41
o f 1 4 M id d le A tla n tic cities with a p op u lation o f 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 and under 5 0 0 ,0 0 0 ,
1 9 3 8 — Continued
New York
i
8
$704
6
1,500
1,408
5
1 $1,304
Number
Salary rate
j
Scranton
1 $3,000
5 1, 750
1
Salary rate |
1
Reading
Erie
Salary rate
Number
Salary rate
Number
Salary rate
Number
Salary rate
Number
Salary rate
Number
{
$1,197
1,805 }
Yonkers
Number
Utica
Salary rate
Syracuse
Number
Roches
ter
l
Albany
Salary rate j
Trenton
Pennsylvania
Number
New
Jersey—
Con.
hy
2 $1, 566
3
600
2
950
1 1, 251
1 2,750
46
47
48
49
60
61
2 2,612
2,000
I 3 2,190 J
{
1 3,040
{
i 2,500
1 $2, 220
l
1 i, 7 9 9
2,090
1 2,280 /) -
1 1,800
1 1,800
2 1,140
8 1, 750
(5)
(5)
i
$1,293
1,502
1, 560 )
1 $3,456 (5)
(s)
1 3,600
1 1, 356
1,350
52
■
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
!
69
70
71
42
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
T a b l e G .— N u m b er o f em p lo yees and annual salaries in p olice d epartm ents o f each o f
2 2 M id d le A tla n tic cities with a p op u lation o f 5 0 ,0 0 0 and under 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 ,1 b y
occu p ation s, J u ly 1, 1 9 3 8
New Jersey
New York
Atlantic East Hoboken Irving Passaic
ton
City
Orange
Division and occupation
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Uniformed division:
Chiefs or superintendents—
Assistant or deputy chiefs. _
Captains _ ____________
Lieutenants. ______ _____
1 4, 625
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1 5,000
1 5,000
3 3,515 1 3, 700
3 2,868 3 3, 300
6Sergeants
2, 775 11 2,840
2 4.000
5 3.000
__ _
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03
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66
1 3,400
1 3,000
1 2,800
3 2,700
3 2,600
97
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Miscellaneous; Surgeons______
(4)
See footnotes at end of table.
03
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1 3,600
4 3,100
3 2,900
5 2,700
Plainclothesmen__________
Patrolmen:
1st grade__ ___________ 118 2,359 83 2,500 118 2, 250 39 2,500 66 2, 500
2 1,896 9 2,300 10 2,061 5 2,400
2d grade. _ ________
2 1,950
3d grade ________ ___
4th grade_____________
5th grade____________
Others: Extras_____ _
3 2.359
3 2,500
Patrol drivers
____ ___
3 2, 451
Turnkeys
_____ _
Miscellaneous:
Accident bureau, in
4 2.359
vestigators ___ ____
Corporals__
_ __ _ 2 2,682
1 2,500 1 3,000
Court clerks
1 2,550
Magistrate clerks
Patrol wagon attend
ants
Police chauffeurs
_ _
1 2,183
Property clerks
Detective bureau:
Chiefs of detectives_______
1 4,800
Inspectors _
_ __ __ _
4 3, 515 1 3,700
2,800 1 3,100
Captains_______________
4 3,000 1
Lieutenants______ _ _ _
1 2,840 10 2,750 2 2,600 2 2,700
Sergeants__ _______ __
6 2,500 7 2.500
24 2, 775 (3)
Detectives._ _ _ __ _
Women’s bureau:
1 2.500
2,359
Policewomen _
1,364
2 1, 250
____ ___ ___
Matrons
{ 1 1, 387 /1 Fingerprint section:6
Identification chiefs. __ _
Identification clerks.
3 2,775
Fingerprint operators
Telephone and radio division:7
Superintendents
3 2,500
3 2,359 4 2,500
Radio operators
Telephone operators
Miscellaneous:
Police call-box operators. 3 2,359
C lerical division: 8
Chief clerks
1 1,819
Clerks
1 2,500
Secretaries
Stenographers
1 1,200
Maintenance:9
Electricians.
_ ____ _
1 2,000 (10)
Janitors
_ __
Hostlers
_ _________
(10)
5 1,200
Laborers
_ _ __
1 2,500
Automobile mechanics
Painters
Ant° mechanics’ helpers
Union
Bing
City hamton
129
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122
1 4.200
1 4,100
3 3.200
8 2,900
9 2,700
(4)
(4)
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D o t.
D o t.
129
1 3, 500
1 3,000
1 2,700
3 2,350
5 2,250
1 5,500
5 4,000
9 3, 500
59 2, 500 92 2,060 80 3,000
13 2,400 1 1,928 1 2, 625
24 2,200 1 1,856 4 2,325
5 2,025
2 1, 700 10 1,800
3 2,500
(3)
1 4,680
I 2,900
3 2,700
1 2,600
1 2,350
4 2,300
2 3,500
8 3.000
1 3.000
1 1,675
(3)
1 2,060 (3)
3 2,500
1 1,300
1 2,500
0
1,500
1,700
1,439
{ I 1,564
1 1,825
(4)
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Vernon
(4)
(4)
2 2,880
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MIDDLE ATLANTIC CITIES
T a b l e G . — N u m b er o f em p lo yees and annual salaries in police departm ents o f each o f
2 2 M id d le A tla n tic cities with a po p u latio n o f 5 0 ,0 0 0 and under 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 , by
occup ation s, J u l y 1 , 1 9 3 8 — Continued
New York—Continued
New
Niagara Sche
Rochelle Falls nectady
Division and occupation
144
Uniformed division:
Chiefs or superintendents..
Assistant or deputv chiefs..
. ..
1 6,000
3 2,000
Allen
town
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1 3, 300
1 2,700
1 2,500
9 2,200
Troy
1 4,300
2 3, 300
3 2,575
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D o t.
149
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2
151
Altoona Bethle
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100
1 3,050
1 2,800
4 1,950
4 2,100
15 2,325 25 1,800
8 2.150 9 1.700
6 1,920
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D ol.
63
1 2,400
3 1,920
2 1,860
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D o l.
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57
2 2,000
U
1 3,000
1 3, 000
1 2,640
3 2,200
6 1,860
3 1,860
5 1,980
1 2,250
1 2,325
7 2,400
2 1,100 (4)
(3)
6 1,900
1
2 1,920
(3)
1 1,860 (3) —
900
1 1,920
1 2,200
1 2,000
2 1,900
1 2,000 (3)
5 1,700 (3) . . . . .
5 1,700
3 1,815
CO
(3)
2 1, 320
(3)
(6)
1 1,620
1 2,000
1 2,000
2 1,500
1 2,200
(6)
2 1,700
1 1,920
3 1, 320
1 1,200
3 1,032
Janitors
See footnotes at end of table.
D o l.
1 1,584
1, 320 V 1,440 /
1 2,575
6 2,200
_ _
Auto mechanics .
Painters .
. ____
Auto mechanics’ helpers
Miscellaneous: Surgeons
GQ
4 1,920
1 1,980
1 1,040
Hostlers
T^borers
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£
13
87 2,900 83 2,000 94 2.150 85 1.700 77 1,800 47 1,800 44 1,800 37 1, 760
1 1, 740
2 2,050 3 1,600
4 1, 620
10 2, 463
1 1,500
4 2, 336
10 2, 218
4 1,500
3 1, 760
(3) ...... 3 2,000 4 1,925 3 1, 700
4 2,150
3 1, 760
Chipf rVlprks
Clfirks
Sperp.taries
Stpn ographers
5§
124
_____ _____ Turnkeys
Miscellaneous:
Accident bureau, in
____
vestigators
Corporals
_ _ _ _
Court clerks
_ _ _ _
Patrol-wagon attend
ants
Police chauffeurs
TrofTintilitv
1 1alllL Utility mon
LLlt/ll-----Detective bureau:
Chiefs of detectives. ______
Inspectors
_ ____ _ _
Captains _ _ . _________
1 4,100
Lieutenants.____________
1 3,400
Sergeants
_________ ___
Detectives. _ ____________ 13 3, 020
Women’s bureau:
Matrons
- __
(4)
Fingerprint section:fi
Identification chiefs
Identification clerks _ _ _
Fingerprint operators
Telephone and radio division:
Sn pprin t.p/ndpnts
Radio operators
(3)
Telephone operators
Miscellaneous:
Radio engineers
Clerical division:8
Maintenance:
Cl paners
Fleetrieians
£
D o l.
1 4,720
5 3,950
9 3, 400
_____
Plainclothesmen______ ___
Patrolmen:
>>
£
13
m
S
Lieutenants
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>> 1
08
13 1
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£
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42
Pennsylvania
u
2,112
2,244! /} ~
1 1,600
4 1,250
u
1 2,400 m
1,080
1,200 } w
2 1,400
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
44
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
T a b l e G . — N u m b er o f e m p lo yees and annual salaries in police depa rtm ents o f each o f
2 2 M id d le A tla n tic cities with a p o p u la tio n o f 5 0 ,0 0 0
occu p ation s, J u l y 1 , 1 9 8 8 — Continued
and
und er 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 , by
Pennsylvania—Continued
Harris
burg
Johns
town
18
©
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►
m
Division and occupation
14
£
I
2
132
18
&
03
'a
&
&
*3
1
GO
D o l.
All employees 2_______
Lancas
ter
Uniformed division:
Chiefs or superintendents___ . . .
1 3, 300
1
Assistant or deputy chiefs__ ____
1 2,400
1
Captains. ____
Lieutenants _____
4 2,000
3
Sergeants.__ . . .
8 1,860
Plain clothesmen................. .........
Patrolmen:
104 1,740 44
1st grade____
2d grade___ _
3d grade_______ _ _
4th grade______ _____ _
5th grade____ _
Others:
6
Motorcycle officers._ _ __
Cruiser car officers
_ __
Traffic officers_____ _____
Patrol drivers. _
3
Turnkeys. . _
1
Miscellaneous:
Accident bureau, investiga
1 1,740
tors.
...
_______
Ordinance officers..
Police chauffeurs. _ . . . ...
Traffic inspectors. .
Traffic utility m e n __ . . . .
Detective bureau:
Chiefs of detectives.__ _________
Captains.
_
_
. . .
1 2,400
Lieutenants
. . .
Sergeants ____
3
Detectives _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ ___
7 1,860
5
Women’s bureau:
__ _
Policewomen___
1 1,320
Matrons. _
_ _
3
Fingerprint section: «
Identification chiefs _ ______
1 2,000
Identification c le r k s .__
Telephone and radio division:7
1 1, 860
Superintendents _
Radio operators.
(3)
Telephone operators__
_ _
(3)
Clerical division:8
Chief clerks____
1 2,100
1
Secretaries
1
Stenographers __ _
720
Maintenance:9
Janitors__ _ ___________________
H ostlers
Machinists
Auto mechanics. __ __ ______
2, 266
2,125
1,902
I'os
i
GQ
D o l.
61
2, 820
18
GQ
D o l.
71
McKees
port
GQ
£
1 2,500
2 2,106
3 1, 971
43 1,800
34 1,971
2
12
4
3
3
1,971
1.971
1.971
1.971
1.971
York
18
1
6
'a
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fc
GQ
Dol.
107
3 2,100
6 1,950
1,902
2,100
18
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D o l.
70
1 3,500
1,902
WilkesBarre
55
1 3,500
Dol.
1 2, 380
2 2, 460
6 2,064
5 2,010
3 2,120
82 1,890
50 2,000
3 1,890
1 1,740
1 1,740
1 2,200
2,125
2,043
792
3 2,100
3 1, 971
1 2,100
3 2,079
1 2,000
1 1,260
1 2, oio
(3)
(3)
1, 518
(3)
1 2,100
1 2,200
1 1,320
1 1,456
1
720
1 2,064
1 1,800
1 Based on U. S. Census of Population for 1930.
2 Totals include regular, full-time employees but do not include part-time employees or call men.
3 Assigned from uniformed division.
4 On call.
5In cities which report no employees in this division, work is usually performed by men assigned from
uniformed force or by the detective bureau.
6 Not under supervision of police department.
7 Work of this division performed by men assigned from uniformed force in Lancaster and Wilkes-Barre.
8 In cities which report no employees in this division, clerical work is usually done by men assigned from
uniformed force.
9 Work of this division performed by separate city bureau or private company in Harrisburg and by
men assigned from uniformed force in Hoboken. In East Orange maintenance is managed jointly by the
police and fire departments.
i° Part time.
MIDDLE ATLANTIC CITIES
45
T a b l e H . — N u m b er o f em p lo yees and annual salaries in police d epartm ents o f each
o f 31 M id d le A tla n tic cities with a p op u lation o f 8 5 ,0 0 0 a nd under 5 0 ,0 0 0 ,1 by
occup ation s, J u ly 1, 1 9 3 8
New Jersey
Belle
ville
Bloom Clifton
field
Gar
field
New
Kearny Bruns
wick
North
Bergen
Orange
D o l.
D o l.
Division and occupation
D o l.
All employees2_____________
Uniformed division:
Chiefs__________________
Assistant or deputy chiefsAssistant deputy chiefs__
Captains________________
Lieutenants_____________
Sergeants.
Plainclothesmen_________
Patrolmen:
1st grade_____________
2d grade_____________
3d grade_____________
4th grade____________
5th grade_____________
Patrol drivers____________
Turnkeys________________
Miscellaneous:
Desk sergeants_______
House sergeants______
Park guards__________
Detective bureau:
Chiefs___________________
Captains________________
Lieutenants______________
Sergeants________________
Detectives_______________
Women’s bureau:
Policewomen_____________
Matrons_________________
Fingerprint section: s
Identification chiefs______
Identification clerks______
Fingerprint operators_____
Telephone and radio division:8
Superintendents_________ (4)
Radio operators__________
Telephone operators______ (4)
Clerical division:10
Chief clerks______________
Clerks__________________
Secretaries_______________
Stenographers____________
Typists_________________
R ecord clerks_________
Maintenance:11
Cleaners_________________
Electricians______________
Janitors_________________
General mechanics:
Automobile mechanics.
Machinists___________
Master mechanics____
Painters, sign and line..
Miscellaneous:
Surgeons________________
Ambulance drivers_______
Dog wardens_____________
Dog catchers_____________
See footnotes at end of table.
D o l.
34
D o l.
D o l.
D o l.
45
38
3,400
4,000
3,600
3,500
3,150
4, 300
3, 700
4,000
L4,000
3,000
2,800
2, 500
2,600
2,800
2.500
3,500
200
,100
,000
2, 900
3, 200
3,000
2,700
4,100
3,200
000
2, 800
3, 200
2, 800
2,800
2, 800
2, 700
3, 000
2, 700
2,400
2,500
2,100
1, 950
2,166
2,400
2, 300
2,200
2,800
2, 500
2.500
2, 000
1,900
1,800
2, 500
2,300
2,500
3,200
‘ 200
2,800
3,150
2,900
3,200
2, 500
2, 500
2, 800
2,500
2,500
2,800
2, 500
2,800
2, 500
2,800
000
2,950
2,800
2,400
L1, 400
(6)
2,500
2,800
2,800
2,500
2, 500
2,500
2,000
1, 278
1,600
2,600
2, 500
(7)
3,200
L1, 500
46
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
T a b l e H . — N u m b er o f em p lo yees and annual salaries in police d epa rtm ents o f each
o f 8 1 M id d le A tla n tic cities with a p o p u la tio n o f 2 5 ,0 0 0
o ccu p a tio n s , J u l y 1 , 1 9 3 8 — Continued
and u n d er 5 0 ,0 0 0 , b y
New Jersey—Continued
New York
West
New
York
James
town
Plainfield
Wood- Auburn Elmira
bridge
New
burgh
Kings
ton
Division and occupation
u
©
X
B
3
£
©
03
>
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X
GQ
§
D ol.
All employees 2____________
_ 64
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81
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35
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D ol.
40
—
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£
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GQ
t-4
©
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B
3
&
D ol.
82
—
©
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<s
u
>>
03
'a
GQ
t-i
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D o l.
51
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3
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t>>
£
’a
GQ
©
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D o l.
35
m
D ol.
49
----
—
—
Uniformed division:
1 4,500 1 4,000 1 3,500 1 2,880 1 3,000 1 2,400 1 3,250 1 3,300
Chiefs___________________
Assistant or deputy chiefs. _
Assistant deputy chiefs _ _
1 3,200 1 3,500
3 2,340 1 1,978
___
Captains
3 3,100
4 2,280 4 1,817 2 2, 550 3 2,400
__ __ __
Lieutenants
4 2,200
Sergeants __ _______
6 2,650 3 2,800 4 2,650
Plamclbthesmen__________
Patrolmen:
1st grade__________ _ 39 2,500 25 2,500 16 2,500 25 1,800 57 1,800 32 1, 710 27 2,040 32 2,100
1 2,000
__1 2,300 1 1,740 7 1,740 2 1,657
2d grade___ _____ _
1 2,200
1 1,920 1 1,900
4 2,100
3 1,680
3d grade
___
1 1,800
2 1,640
2 2,100
4th grade . _
2 2,000
2 1,700
5th grade
_ _
Other:
__4 1,800
Cruiser-car officers.
36 2,500
5 2,550
Traffic officers _ .
1 1,263
1 2,550
Patrol drivers _________
3 1,800 3 1,710
Turnkeys. ___________ ._
Miscellaneous. . . . ______
Desk sergeants_______
House sergeants______
1 1,603
1 2,000
Park guards________
Detective bureau:«
Chiefs... . . . _ ________
1 3,500 1 2,800
Captains_______________ _
1 1,817
5 3,100
Lieutenants ____
____
1 2,650 1 1,925 1 2,280
Sergeants __ ____________
2 2,700
5 2,300
1
1
4
2,600
2,500
1,800 3 2,160 3 1, 710
Detectives____________ ..
Women’s bureau:
1 1,700
1 1,640
1 1,336
Policewomen_____________
1 1,700
Matrons____ ___________
(7)
(7)
(7)
(7)
Fingerprint section:8
Identification chiefs___ ___
1 2,500
Identification clerks _ . . .
I 1,690
Fingerprint operators..*__
Telephone and radio division: ®
Superintendents______ _
0)
I 1,500
3 2,500
Radio operators________
(4)
Telp,phono operators
0)
(*)
(*)
Clerical division:10
1 2,200
1 1,925
Chief clerks______________
1 1, 333
Clerks. ________________
Secretaries______________
1 1,560
Stenographers____________
1 780
Typists. _ ................. .........
1 2,500
Record clerks....................
Maintenance:11
1 1,263
Cleaners...... ......................
Electricians______________
1 1,300
1 1,650
Janitors______ ________
General mechanics:
1 2,002
Automobile mechanics.
Machinists___________
0)
Master mechanics___
Painters, sign and line
Miscellaneous:
Surgeons.____ _ _____ _
Ambulance drivers_____ _
1 1,200
Dog wardens.___________
Dog catchers _ _________
See footnotes at end of table.
47
MIDDLE ATLANTIC CITIES
T
H . — N u m b er o f em p lo yees and annual salaries in police depa rtm ents o f each
o f 81 M id d le A tla n tic cities with a p o p u la tio n o f 2 5 ,0 0 0 and under 5 0 ,0 0 0 , b y
occu p ation s, J u ly 1 , 1 9 3 8 — Continued
able
New York--Continued
Pough
keepsie
Division and occupation
s*
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©
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D o l.
_______ __ 64
Sh
£
©
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White
Plains
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03
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All employees 2.
Rome
29
D o l.
z
36
u
&
a
gg
1
z
D o l.
Uniformed division:
Chiefs________ ________ _ 1 3, 600 1 2,800 1 3,000
1 2,150
Assistant or deputy chiefs .
Assistant deputy chiefs
1 2,050 1 2,136
Captains _ *
3 2,250 1 1,950
Lieutenants
3 2,250 5 1,900 6 1,872
Sergeants___
__ ___ _
1 2,040
Plainelothesmen
Patrolmen:
1st grade __ _________ 28 2,140 18 1,850 21 1,800
2 1, 728
10 2,080
2d grade____
4 1,584
3 2,020
3d grade____
6 1,960
4th grade________
5th grade
Other:
Cruiser-car officers.
Traffic officers
2 1,680
Patrol drivers__
Turnkevs
Miscellaneous:
Desk sergeants
House sergeants
Park guards._
_ ...
Detective bureau:
Chiefs.. _ .
1 2,600
Captains.__
Lieutenants. __
1
Sergeants
2, 500
4 2,250 2 1,950
Detectives..
Women’s bureau:
1 1,800
Policewomen. ______
Matrons
(7)
(7)
Fingerprint section:8
Identification chiefs
Identification clerks
Fingerprint operators
Telephone and radio division:9
Superintendents
Radio operators
Telephone operators
Clerical division:10
Chief clerks
Clerks
Secretaries
Stenographers. _ __
Typists
Record clerks. _
Maintenance:11
Cleaners__ _ ____ _____
Electricians. _ _ ________
Janitors__________ ______
General mechanics:
Automobile mechanics. 1 1, 680
Machinists.
Master mechanics
Painters, sign and line
Miscellaneous:
Surgeons
Ambulance drivers ______
Dog wardens
Dog catchers
See footnotes at end of table,
Pennsylvania
D o l.
106
Aliquippa
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tx
jg
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a
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21
Easton
©
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1 4,833
1 3, 300
1 4,350
4 3, 383
6 3, 000
2 2,280
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ton
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36
1 3,000
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1 1,980
>*
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D o l.
27
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D o l.
27
1 2,100
1 2,200 ( } 1, 740
l 1 1, 800 /
5 2,000 1 1,740 2 1,620
•
79 2,750 18 1,980 27 1,800 20 1,620 23 1, 560
1 1,500
1 2, 300
6 2,150
3 1,440
1 2,500
1 3, 623
(4)
6 2,870
(7)
(4)
(4)
I 1,200
1 1,600
(7)
48
T
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
H . — N u m b er o f em p lo yees and a nnual salaries in police d epartm ents o f each
o f 31 M id d le A tla n tic cities with a p o p u la tio n o f 2 5 ,0 0 0 and under 5 0 ,0 0 0 , b y
occu p ation s, J u l y 1, 1 9 3 8 — Continued
able
Pennsylvania—C ontinued
D o t.
D o l.
33
Uniformed division:
Chiefs. . . . ________ ____ _
1 4,320
1 2,016
Assistant deputy chiefs
Captains
Lieutenants.
Sergeants. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
1 3,000
4 2,172
2 1,891 1 2,400
1, 788
3 1,761 / 3 1,944
13
}
1 1,680
_
Plainclothesmen *_ _ __ _
Patrolmen:
__ __
1st grade ___
2d grade. _ _
3d grade. _ _ _
Probationary
Recruits...
Cruiser-car officers
Patrol drivers___ _ __
Turnkeys _ __ _ _
Miscellaneous:
House sergeants..
Detective bureau: 5
Chiefs___ ________________
Captains.__ ______ _ __
Lieutenants__ ____
Sergeants._________ _ _
Detectives _ __ _ _
Women’s bureau:
Policewomen __ __ _
Fingerprint section:8
Identification clerks. _ ___
Telephone and radio: 9
Superintendents.._ __ _ _
Radio operators.
____
Telephone operators _____
Miscellaneous: Signal and
traffic maintenance men
Clerical division:10
Clerks.. _ __ _______
.
Secretaries . ___ _ ___
Maintenance:11
Electricians __ _______
General mechanics:
Painters, sign and line. _
Painters, assistant sign
and line. _ _ __
Miscellaneous:
Surgeons__
___ _ _
Ambulance drivers. _____
Dog catchers.
48 1,920
23 1,800
13 1,500
1 2, 760
23
D o l.
D o l.
97
1 2,400
( 3)
3 2,040
3
D o l.
20
1 2,520
1 2,280
1 2,100
1 2, 878
2 2,245
1,964 \ 9 1,800
1,800 / 6 2,021
) 2
U
35
Salary rate
j
Number
i
Salary rate j
Wilkins- Williams
burg
port
j
Salary rate
| Number
Salary rate
| Number
Salary rate
Number
j
Salary rate
D o t.
45
Upper
Darby
J
Sharon
Number
Norris
town
1
New
Castle
| Number
Number
109
All employees 2
Salary rate |
Lower
Merion
Division and occupation
D o l.
1 2,424
1 1,836
3 1, 752
1 1,680
27 1, 704 24 1,680 15 1,800 70 1,852 11 1,680 23 1,680
6 1,579
3 1,719
1 1,260
3 1,852
1 1.650
( 4)
(4)
4 1,800
1 2,280
1 1,891
1 2,800
1 2, 280
5 1,920
1 2,245
2 1.704
1 1,860
2 2,245
1 1,680
1 1.704
1 2, 021
4 1,920
3 1,920
1 1,836
1 1,680
1 1,761
1 1,200
1 1,680
1
1 2,280
2 1,497 (4)
1 1,627
4 1,497
720
1 1,251
1
840
1 Based on U. S. Census of Population for 1930.
2 Totals include regular, full-time employees but do not include part-time employees or call men.
3 Duties of chief performed by captain.
4 Assigned from uniformed division.
5 Work of this division performed by men assigned from uniformed force in Kingston and Norristown.
6 Part time.
7 On call.
8 In cities which report no employees in this division, work is usually done by men from uniformed force
or by detective bureau.
9 Work of this division performed by men from uniformed division in Bloomfield, Kearny, West New York,
Woodbridge, Aliquippa, Hazleton, Lebanon, Norristown, and Upper Darby and by the chief clerk in New
Brunswick.
10 In cities which report no employees in this division, clerical work is usually performed by men assigned
from uniformed division or by separate city bureau.
11 Work of this division performed by separate city bureau or private company in Belleville, Elmira,
Aliquippa, and Norristown.
T a b l e I . — E m p lo y e e s and total salaries in M id d le A tla n tic p olice d ep a rtm en ts , J u ly 1 , 1 9 8 8
Number of employees
Division and occupation 1
All employees __ Uniformed division_
_ ____ ___ _______ _____
_______ _
_.
____
City group
All
cities
I
II
III
City group
All
cities
IV
I
II
III
IV
16,037
7,164
4,938
2,356
1,579
$36,743,208
$15,896,456
$12,154,285
$5,219,339
$3,473,128
14,225
6,428
4,310
2,080
1,407
32,827, 594
14,390,998
10, 748,219
4,602,137
3,086, 240
69
23
3
26
192
456
744
240
3
3
2
15
64
110
182
100
14
10
22
6
99,683
11,280
2,100
24
54
111
7
18,770
13,130'
5,401
50, 430
185, 850
299, 790
450,625
219,000
80,315
19,400
39
62
142
28
265,328
90,510
7,501
100,130
583, 834
1,382,283
1,910, 555
551, 510
66, 560
46, 700
11
65
230
309
105
30
4
1
49, 700
224,360
769, 710
861,828
262,380
104,756
170,751
334, 252
54,130
68, 868
142,032
263,850
16,000
11,075
202
223
81
99
40
5,355
38
39
3,235
74
57
57
67
1, 566
47
45
10
22
4
919
43
82
14
10
36
25,012,371
424,001
441, 849
147,419
181, 790
66, 900
11,829, 280
74, 792
71,175
7,822, 269
165, 033
111, 492
99, 360
117, 910
3,387,344
103, 495
98, 966
20, 969
43, 580
6,000
1,973,478
80,681
160, 216
27,090
20,300
60,900
5
44
359, 820
299, 760
513,175
101,154
35,100
14,663
15,354
23,652
7, 884
63,446
29, 246
38, 597
12, 750
104,400
16
1
6
28,104
128,052
7,884
555,179
365, 756
576,638
13
56
4
260
169
250
162
136
219
51
18
7
8
12
4
31
14
18
___ __________
825
360
215
157
93
2,083,467
881, 790
560,947
407,645
233,085
Chiefs of detectives____ _____ _ ______________
Assistant chiefs
._
_
_
Inspectors _ _ _ _ _ _
_
Captains.__ _ _
_
Lieutenants __ _
_
__ _____
Sergeants__________
___
__ __ __ _ _____
Detectives_______________ _ _ ______
____
9
3
3
27
55
142
586
1
3
1
3
10
53
289
3
3
2
9,930
4, 391
1
11
7
32
103
4,050
9,600
3,300
10, 400
27,400
130, 240
696, 800
10, 288
1
7
23
39
142
28,659
9,600
14,100
85, 941
165, 685
371, 070
1.408, 412
6,000
25, 420
73, 200
110,605
335,434
4,800
33,035
21,600
83, 690
254, 590
17,086
43, 485
46, 535
121,588
Detective bureau. _ _ _
____
_____
6
15
18
52
30, 759
1,650
10, 203
ATLANTIC CITIES
Chiefs__________ _______ __ ________ _____ _ _
_____
Assistant chiefs___ _ ___ ____
Assistant deputy chiefs 2__ _____
Inspectors
"
_
Captains
_ _
_ ____
____ ____
Lieutenants..
___ _ ____
_ __
___ __
Sergeants _ _ _ _ _
_ ___
__
_
_______
Plainclothesmen _ _ _____ _
_
______
Patrolmen:
1st grade... ________________________________
2d grade___________ ______
______________
3d grade____________________________________
4th grade___ _ _
_
_
5th grade and below 3
Probationary4
_ _ _ .
Others:
Motorcycle officers
Cruiser-car officers
Traffic officers
_ __
_ _____ ________________
Patrol drivers_____
_ _____
__
_ _ ______
Turnkeys___ _
Miscellaneous. _
_ __
Total salaries
T a b l e I . — E m p lo y e e s and total salaries in M id d le A tla n tic police d ep a rtm en ts , J u l y 1 , 1 9 3 8 — Continued
Number of employees
Division and occupation
Total salaries
City group
I
II
City group
All
cities
IV
III
I
II
III
IV
$81,805
$107,839
$26,328
$12,960
4
14
6
2
1,650
59,079
155, 903
12, 300
1,650
14,160
56,195
9,800
25,100
80, 239
2, 500
9, 959
16,369
9, 860
3,100
58
10
10
208,140
38, 504
123, 890
22, 255
23, 491
6
50
2
3
1
6
2
7
1
31, 810
122, 951
35, 575
17,804
5,280
15,420
17,804
14, 810
104,740
4,340
6,120
2,010
14,125
5,600
16,201
1,690
33,801
55
1
29
109
5
1
8
42
4
11
51
1
Fingerprint section__________
97
19
Identification chiefs_____
Identification clerks_____
Fingerprint operators____
Miscellaneous___________
13
58
17
9
2
8
9
Telephone and radio________
157
63
18
59
33
16
314, 689
100, 581
111, 973
68,334
2
1
3
13
27
6
5
2
36
13
3
8,201
30,860
48,800
12, 720
1,761
8
6
1
14,160
3,950
64,580
23,640
5,643
3,860
24
2
5
19, 781
12,151
163, 257
89, 240
30,260
51,137
2,640
10,697
16,680
14,160
1,200
Clerical division____________
182
93
50
21
18
348, 791
157, 944-
120,692
33,957
36,198
Chief clerks_____________
Clerks and bookkeepers..
Secretaries______________
Assistant secretaries_____
Stenographers and typists
Miscellaneous___________
21
68
11
1
75
6
3
34
1
9
16
5
1
17
2
4
9
4
5
9
1
8. 831
55, 939
2,600
11, 425
17, 433
2,500
2
1
26, 740
33,076
15,140
2, 040
36. 296
7. 400
8,120
14,159
7, 418
4
55,116
120, 607
■27,658
2,040
125, 670
17, 700
4,260
2, 340
2,500
52
3
82, 774
7.800
departm ents
49
8
5
81
48
15
Superintendents_________
Chief operators__________
Radio operators_________
Telephone operators_____
Miscellaneous___________
h o u r s , p o l ic e
$228,932
144
Lieutenants____________
Policewomen___________
Matrons________________
Miscellaneous___________
and
8
Women’s bureau____________
s a l a r ie s
All
cities
Or
O
Maintenance _ __
__
_____
Cleaners __ _
___
_ __ ___ _
____
__
_____
Janitors ___
Hostlers
___________
_
_ _ __ _
Laborers
_
_ ____
___ ___. ___ ______
__________
Linemen
_
_ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _
Machinists _
________ ____
_________
General mechanics
__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ____ __
Mechanics’ helpers
_____
Miscellaneous
_ __ __ ___ __ _____________
Miscellaneous
__
Medical division
_
___
_ ________ _______
________ ________ _
___________
__
_ ___
_____ ___
______ _ _____
144
175
37
20
648, 747
205,032
351,919
81
10
54
11
41
34
4
50
31
60
66
9
5
31
3
2
16
1
11
3
78,855
Electricians.
20, _435
3
84, 551
4
12, 720
72, 386
82, 764
8,934
106, 538
10
53, 603
127, 961
63,300
7,196
_ _ 10,261
__
46,351
3
10
3
14
1
12
21
14
27
20
2
26
9
46
31
16
8
23
3
1
4
16
7
82,848
1
65,008
Ambulance
3
7,500
corps
1
4,000
Other 1miscellaneous employees
3 __ _ 6,340
1 Complete details on the number of employees and the range of salary for each occupa
tion are shown for individual group I cities in appendix table B, for group II cities in
table C, for group III cities in table D, and for group IV cities in table E.
2 Classification includes assistant deputy chiefs and secretaries to chiefs.
1
2
1
6
___
5,400
12,000
4,050
29,414
2,070
24,870
34,020
29,908
39,802
39,802
_ _ _ _ __
53,530
53,350
4,800
60,620
17,758
98,053
58,683
3,096
4,900
26, 972
720
14, 806
2,064
4,300
1,825
33,113
5,263
5,274
5,828
16,748
28,806
14,240
22,006
3,200
7,500
4,000
2,800
3,540
3 Includes 23 sixth grade patrolmen in group II cities with aggregate annual salaries
$37,493.
4 Includes 12 recruit patrolmen and 4 extras.
MIDDLE ATLANTIC CITIES
Instructors
__
376
Cn
T able
J . — Average hours and days on duty per week for employees in M iddle Atlantic police departments, hy divisions , J u ly 1 , 1938
Oi
to
Uniformed division
All employees____
Continuous duty_.
2-platoon:
Four 10-hour groups overlapping, off 0.2 day
per week______________________________
All divisions
All
cities
7.0
III
67.7
6.8
2,356 1, 579
5 .0
170
153
Other.
6.0
1838
50.3
69
City group
I
II
3
All
cities
III
IV
14
22
30
2
2
2
9
11
19
Assistant deputy chiefs
City group
42
21
1
25
25
91
91
192
32
160
112
112
52
52
14,359 6,909 4,114 2,153 1,183
1
1
170
153
149
95
City group
II
III
IV
I
23
3
10
6
4
3
17
3
6
5
3
2
2
16
3
5
5
3
2
2
1
1
2
1
15,175 6,909 4,597 2,205 1,464
21
All
cities
I
18
18
6.5
6.7
6.0
6.5
6.1
6.0
6.0
IV
All
cities
6
3-platoon___________________________________
11-hour tours overlapping, off 0.5 day per
week_________________________________
71.5
9-hour tours overlapping, off 2 days per
month________________________________
58.9
8hour tours, off 1 day every 21 days_ 53.3
9hour tours overlapping, off 1 day per 54.0
week..
8-hour tours, off every 15th day___________
52.3
8-hour tours, off 1 day every 8 days________
49.0
8-hour tours, off 1 day per week___________
48.0
8-hour tours, off 1 day every 8 days, also 6.5
days each year_________________________
48.0
40.0
8-hour tours, off 2 days per week__________
City group
116,037 7,164
168.0
Assistant chiefs
Chiefs
38
3
3
7
1
1
21
3
1
11
17
1
9
9
6
1
... .
4
III IV
1
1
1
i
II
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
System of operation
Aver Aver
age
age
hours
days
on duty on duty
per
per
week
week
Uniformed division-—Continued
Detective bureau
Telephone and radio
division
Fingerprint section
Women’s bureau
Other uniformed employees
System of operation
All
cities
City group
I
II
III
IV
All employees_______________________________ 14,130 6,420 4,286 2, 052 1, 372
platoon:
Four 10-hour groups overlapping, off 0.2 day
per week______________________________
3-
platoon_________________________________ 14,087 6,420 4,271 2,045 1,351
11-hour tours overlapping, off 0.5 day per
week__________________________________
20
20
9-hour tours overlapping, off 2 days per
month________________________________
25
25
8- hour tours, off 1 day every 21 days_____
87
87
9- hour tours overlapping, off 1 day per week. 178
148
30
8-hour tours, off every 15th day____________
97
97
8-hour tours, off 1 day every 8 days________
52
52
8-hour tours, off 1 day per week___________ 13,343 6,420
1,993 1,092
8-hour tours, off 1 day every 8 days, also 6.5
days each year_________________________
149
149
8-hour tours, off 2 days per week___________
136
136
26
II
III IV
I
II
III IV
18
825 360 215 157
93
144
55
63
743 360 196 112
75
110
55
55
8
All
cities
I
II
III IV
97
19
58
10
10
36
17
11
5
3
All
cities
City group
I
II
III IV
157
49
59
33
16
138
49
49
27
13
49
37
27
6
17
17
COI
bi
Q
O
Other_______________________________________
I
City group
City group
All
cities
15
7
4
3
13
7
1
3
2
7
11
696 360 161 112
63
1
.
110
55
55
35
7
17
11
5
2
82 — - 19
7
4
8
15
9
15
9
119
45
18
34 . . . .
8
18
8
61
2
47
5
7
19 . . . .
4
8
10
6
3
MIDDLE ATLANTIC CITIES
2-
City group
All
cities
1 Includes the following employees not shown separately:
182 in clerical division: 93 in group I; 50 in group II; 21 in group III; and 18 in group IV.
376 in maintenance division: 144 in group I; 175 in group II; 37 in group III; and 20 in group IV.
31 in miscellaneous division: 16 in group I ; 8 in group II; and 7 in group IV.
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