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NYPD officer salaries regularly surpass $163,000. More than 3,900 NYPD personnel made more than $200,000 last year and twenty-one officers topped $300,000. The NYPD currently has nearly 1,300 vacancies and is struggling to keep pace with attrition. Commissioner Jessica Tisch earlier this year said the city was "begging" people to join the force, prompting the department to lower education requirements from 60 college credits to 24 and drop the minimum age from 25 to 20.5 years old. The NYPD currently has about 33,700 officers. Zohran Mamdani has said he wants NYPD officers to focus on solving serious crime instead of responding to most mental health calls. After the Knapp Commission of the early 1970s came an overhaul of NYC civil service, making NYC employees some of the best paid in the country with excellent and secure retirement packages managed by Wall Street consultants. There used to be an old saying about the NYPD pension plan. If there was a nuclear war on Thursday, retired NYPD officers would show up at City Hall on Friday and say: "Yeah. But where's my f---ing retirement check?" NYPD officers are watching the government shutdown and wondering about paycheck security. Moreover, what challenging opportunities does ICE offer? Opportunities for different types of assignments exist at the NYPD: Detective Bureau, ESU, Mayor's PSD, Diplomatic Team, Harbor Patrol, Scuba Unit, Aviation Unit, Mounted Patrol, or K9. What opportunities will ICE offer and do NYC cops want to go through another police academy again at FLETC? Moreover, do they want to become unpopular with their families and friends?