Police Compensation from LEMAS Dataset (Sarah Anzias Book)

FTE by Activity

FTE by Min/Max Salary

Budgets

Bargaining Power Proxy: 0 Firings in 2013

Avg Officer Max Salary

## # A tibble: 2 × 2
##   no_fire_flag        officer_max_salary
##   <chr>                            <dbl>
## 1 No Firings in 2013              54372.
## 2 Yes Firings in 2013             56521.

Collective Bargaining

## # A tibble: 4 × 3
## # Groups:   no_fire_flag [2]
##   no_fire_flag        collective_bargaining     n
##   <chr>               <chr>                 <int>
## 1 No Firings in 2013  no                      163
## 2 No Firings in 2013  yes                    1311
## 3 Yes Firings in 2013 no                       87
## 4 Yes Firings in 2013 yes                     400

Comparison to Census Salary Increase

## # A tibble: 2 × 2
##   no_fire_flag        mean_pct_change_police_salaries
##   <chr>                                         <dbl>
## 1 No Firings in 2013                            0.196
## 2 Yes Firings in 2013                           0.204

Is Overtime a Leading Determinant of Salary Increases?

Unfortunately, none of the 51 city departments with no overtime allowed in 2013 matched a city with non-NA percent change in police salaries in the Census dataset.

Injury Rates Compared to Other Professions

Fatal Injuries

Most Fatal Jobs in 2011 and 2018

Biggest Increases in Fatal Injuries

Police Fatal Injuries Over Time

Nonfatal Injuries

Most Injured Jobs in 2011 and 2018

Biggest Increases in Fatal Injuries

Police Non-Fatal Injuries Over Time

Salaries changes for jobs with biggest increase in injuries