How to make over $100k+ per year with only high school education! ... and months at the police academy)

[MumblesBadly]

Just ran across this article about some "bad apples" in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's department and was shocked at how much some of these LEOs make.

Here's the article:

Sex. Lies. Abuse. How these L.A. deputies landed on a secret 2014 list of problem officers
http://beta.latimes.com/local/califo...htmlstory.html

The article discusses about 20 of the roughly 300 sheriff's deputies on the list, including their income earned over the most recent year, which includes overtime and other pay. Here's a summary of those pay figures by ranges.

Up to $100,000 - 1

$100,001-$125,000 - 2

$125,001-$150,000 - 6

$150,001-$175,000 - 2

$175,001-$200,000 - 3

Over $200,000 - 7

Note 1: Two of these figures include estimates of last full 12 months of compensation based on annual pension given for those who retired and estimated pension benefit rate of 50%.
https://members.lacera.com/lmpublic/...pdf/asd544.pdf

Note 2: The lowest paid LEO was suspended without pay for some period of time in the year of employment reported in the article, earning only $45,000 that year.

[mulva]

is it true?