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2020 salary data for Baltimore City employees just dropped yesterday, and we've already published salary and overtime data for @BaltimorePolice officers on http://bpdwatch.com . Let's take a look at some of the top "earners" for 2020. 1/
Naturally there's Police Commissioner Michael Harrison, who made a whopping $275,000 both this year and last year. https://bpdwatch.com/officer/3424
In second place, we have Lieutenant Brian E. Pearson, who made $248,091.61 in 2020, and that includes $128,799.61 in *overtime alone*, which is more than his annual salary of $119,292.00. https://bpdwatch.com/officer/2056
Next is Sergeant William Harris Jr., who also made more in overtime in 2020 than his entire annual salary. Harris took home $243,549.64 of taxpayer money in 2020. https://bpdwatch.com/officer/1147
Next we have Sergeant Thomas Mistysyn Jr., who *almost* made as much in overtime as his entire annual salary. In 2020 he made $237,389.62, which includes $115,340.62 in overtime. https://bpdwatch.com/officer/1833
In 5th place is Lieutenant Mark A. Walrath, who clocked $113,190.50 in overtime and took home a total of $236,631.50 in 2020. https://bpdwatch.com/officer/2792
A whopping 33 officers in the @BaltimorePolice department made more in overtime than their entire annual salary in 2020, all taking home well over 6 figures. Here's a list for your reference: https://bpdwatch.com/department/1?name=&unique_internal_identifier=I234%2CG141%2CJ476%2CG018%2CI276%2CH809%2CG613%2CG231%2CF939%2CG261%2CH931%2CG100%2CE450%2CF927%2CI523%2CF046%2CJ862%2CG111%2CE593%2CG791%2CH977%2CH852%2CJ079%2CJ833%2CG208%2CJ203%2CI577%2CG972%2CF346%2CG474%2CJ954%2CJ632%2CK201&unit=Not+Sure&submit=Submit
In fact, 1311 out of 3180 @BaltimorePolice officers took home more than $100,000 in 2020. That's 41% of the entire police force.
To see more daily examples of how the Baltimore Police are wasting and misusing our taxpayer money, be sure to follow our comrades @scanthepolice.
