Nearly half the Rotterdam police force earned six-figure salaries in 2013, easily making them the town’s highest paid employees.
In total, 19 of the 42 sworn officers employed by the town topped $100,000 in gross pay last year, including nine who made more than $120,000 and one — Sgt. Robert Denny — who made more than $200,000. Denny, who retired in 2013, topped Rotterdam’s highest-paid employees with a salary of $202,192, according to figures provided by the town this week.
The large police salaries, however, are somewhat of an anomaly caused by the settlement of a protracted contractual dispute resolved between the town and the Rotterdam Police Benevolent Association. The police union inked a new contract with the town in June, which granted it 2 percent retroactive pay raises in 2011, 2012 and half of 2013.
A look at Rotterdam’s top 10 gross salaries (all are with the Police Department):
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....retired and grossed 1/5th of a million dollars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
