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The top paid fire department employee Deputy District Chief Scott Ronstadt earned $313,463. Additional pay included retroactive pay ($19,022) baby furlough buy back ($1,884) duty availability pay ($3,484) personal day buy back ($4,651) supervisor’s quarterly overtime ($6,040) uniform allowance ($1,250) and a vacation payout ($11,776). His base pay was $79,318 with comp time pay at $303,428. Top paid police officer Sergeant Raymond Pierce earned $430,854 in his final year before retirement. Ambulance commanders: the top 88 commanders earned an average of $203,000 with pay topping out at a lucrative $290,905.EMT captains did even better with 181 of 194 making between $150,000 and $294,000. Emergency medical technicians (EMT): the top 3,100 earned an average of $147,000.However, the average firefighter made $94,000. Firefighters: the top 68 of 425 regular firefighters earned between $150,000 and $210,534.However, the average officer made $101,000 in 2020. Police officers: the top 265 of 11,898 rank-and-file police officers made between $150,000 and $215,500.We found 3,818 first responders who made more than $150,000, including 350 police officers, sergeants, and lieutenants, and 628 firefighters and paramedics who pulled in more than $200,000.Our auditors at reviewed Chicago police and fire payrolls from 2020. Those numbers included every cop drawing a paycheck, even those making as little as $133 for the year. The city recently disclosed that the rank-and-file officer headcount dropped from 12,284 in 2019 to 11,898 in 2020. However, Lightfoot seems to be working to implement Emanuel’s failed policy. In 2016, shootings in the neighborhoods spiked to 3,500 and homicides peaked at 770 (more than the combined total of New York and Los Angeles) before 1,000 additional officers were added. Between 20, the police officer headcount dipped by 1,000. Defunding the police failed under previous mayor Rahm Emanuel.