The NYPDs Intelligence Division — with Kelly’s input — is recommending that Kelly take with him a 10-officer complement of taxpayer-funded bodyguards, up from the six-officer detail the commissioner had wanted last month. The detail will now include a lieutenant, three sergeants and six detectives to chauffeur and protect Kelly and his family around-the-clock in the Big Apple and even out of town after he ends his 12-year run atop Police Headquarters — at an estimated cost of more than $1.5 million a year, sources estimate. In six months, the NYPD will reassess Kelly’s security needs, the sources say. Considering that the average salary of those officers is $140,000 and adding overtime, the total cost to provide around-the-clock coverage for the spry 74-year-old commissioner could top $1.5 million, sources said. The detail will require approval from Kelly’s successor and City Hall. “On The Inside” also reported Mayor Michael Bloomberg will be taking virtually his entire contingent of officers with him — about 17 — but they will retire from the force and the billionaire mayor will then hire them at about $150,000 each.
Posted on: Wed, 04 Dec 2013 17:28:28 +0000
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