In the Details: What Your Cops Make

It's all in the detail, moneywise. That's what people seem to think. "See that cop waving traffic over there? He's probably getting 60 bucks an hour!"

He isn't—quite. 

So, what are the figures for Shrewsbury? 

For up to eight hours, a Shrewsbury police officer gets $41 an hour for detail work, such as waving traffic through at roadway construction. For four hours, that's $164, and for eight hours, that's $328.

Hourly rates and minimums are contractual and specified in the CBAs of the patrolmen and sergeants.