This is for Riley, Boel, Angela Leet or anyone else interested in why it's hard to recruit and keep good officers and why police morale is low. 1. Starting pay for an LMPD recruit in 2003: $31,774. Current LMPD recruit salary: $34,326. An increase of 8%. 2. Amount that the LMPD recruit salary would be in 2017 if it kept up with inflation: $41,994. An increase of 32% 3. Starting recruit pay for the Lexington Police Department: $38,688, or 13% higher than for LMPD recruits. 4. Pay for the LMPD police
This is for Riley, Boel, Angela Leet or anyone else interested in why it's hard to recruit and keep good officers and why police morale is low. 1. Starting pay for an LMPD recruit in 2003: $31,774. Current LMPD recruit salary: $34,326. An increase of 8%. 2. Amount that the LMPD recruit salary would be in 2017 if it kept up with inflation: $41,994. An increase of 32% 3. Starting recruit pay for the Lexington Police Department: $38,688, or 13% higher than for LMPD recruits. 4. Pay for the LMPD police