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Most LI cops earn more than $100,000 annually

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Photo credit: Newsday, 2008 / Thomas A. Ferrara | Most offiers in Nassau and Suffolk pull in more than $100,000. (July 2008)

That cop who pulled you over probably pulls in more than you do.

Seven of every eight county police officers on Long Island -- a total of 4,587 -- earned more than $100,000 in salary, overtime and other pay last year, records show.

While average county police pay was nearly $106,000 in 2002, by last year it had climbed by 30 percent to $137,858 in Nassau, and $136,985 in Suffolk for...

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