The police officers that live in Clarkstown (just across the bridge from me) are some of the highest paid in the country.
In 2009, the Clarkstown Police Department employed the first, second and fourth highest paid county and municipal employees in the State of New York, having the highest average salary statewide of any town.
[15][16] The mean compensation was $148,000 and mean salary was $115,000
[16] more than double the average annual wage ($51,410) of police officers in the USA.
[17] The median income for a household in Clarkstown was last estimated at $95,136, over $50,000 less than the average officer compensation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarkstown_Police_Department