Retired top cop running for NYC mayor in 2029 vows to make NYPD highest paid department in nation if he’s elected

Source: New York Post

Retired NYPD Chief of Department John Chell, who was the highest ranking uniformed officer at the department until his retirement last year, promises cops will hit the jackpot if he’s elected mayor in 2029. “I would make this department the highest paid in the nation,” the longshot candidate, who’s running as an Independent, told The Post on Thursday.   3 Retired NYPD Chief of Deparment John Chell, a 30-year veteran of the Force, is vowing to give cops raises.