NYPD cops are fleeing the city for the serene Long Island beachfront, The Post has learned.
The Long Beach Police Department once again reached into the New York Police Department’s talent pool yesterday, hiring two sergeants willing to take a pay cut – for now.
What makes the latest defections remarkable is that both NYPD sergeants are also giving up their seniority and supervisory rank as they patrol the Long Island South Shore community of 35,000 residents.
The two departing sergeants, who have not been identified, earn $71,000 annually working for the NYPD – a salary that will dip by nearly 40 percent in their new jobs. While the top salary for an NYPD sergeant with 20 years on the force is $91,000, it will take them just six years to earn the $117,000 maximum in that rank in Long Beach.
The two departing sergeants are said to be a 28-year-old male assigned to the 104th Precinct in Queens. The other, a 36-year-old woman, is assigned to the 75th Precinct in Brooklyn.
About 25 percent of the current 80-member Long Beach police force is made up of ex-NYPD cops.
Since 2005, 14 of the previous 15 cops hired by the Long Beach PD are former members of the NYPD, said Long Beach Lt. Bruce Meyer.