AMERICAN POLICE BEAT: MAY 2017 3 Order your own MONTHLY subscription today. Call 1-800-234-0056 or go to www.APBweb.com The face of terror. New York City Police Department detectives escort James Harris Jackson, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan as an Army intelligence analyst, from the Manhattan South Precinct. Jackson, a member of a documented terrorist-hate group from Maryland, surrendered to cops after he murdered a man. The 28-year-old man busted for fatally stabbing a black man told cops he came to the city from Baltimore to kill African-Americans. (Photo by James Keivom/NY Daily News via Getty Images) I t’s not at all uncom- mon for a boss to try and get his favorite people a raise on the way out the door when they retire. And according to a recent article from KOKO News in Oklahoma, former Okla- homa County Sheriff John Whetsel served up several pay raises in the weeks lead- ing up to his departure. Commissioner Brian Maughn said he was sur- prised to learn that more than 30 raises were given away in a matter of weeks. That’s more raises than Whetsel dished out during the whole fiscal year. “I don’t know if the new sheriff plans to roll that back or if that was a bonus-type thing out the door,” Maughn said. The Oklahoma county clerk has confirmed that 31 raises were given out in less than a month and called the volume of the pay increases “out of the ordinary.” Undersheriff P.D. Taylor also got a $5,000 raise that was part of his promotion to interim sheriff. The increase brought his salary up to $105,000. In all, 32 sheriff’s employ- ees got pay bumps. A spokesperson for the agency said that the promo- tions were recommended by the division heads and signed by the former sheriff and that Taylor played no role in awarding the raises. Taylor’s office pointed out to reporters that more than 40 employees have left the agency recently and like other agencies, the Okla- homa County Sheriff’s office has seen increasing rates of attrition. Spokespersons for the sheriff’s office said the raises won’t have an impact on the agency’s operating budget. I’m out! You guys get bump Boss rewards the faithful upon departure “In the main it will be found that a power over a man’s support [salary] is a power over his will.” – Alexander Hamilton American Police Beat (ISSN 1082-653X; USPS #24948), also hereafter referred to as “APB,” is published twelve times a year for $12 per year, $20 for two years or $26 for three years. APB is published by APB International, 505 8th Avenue, Ste 1004, New York, NY 10018. Periodicals Postage Paid at New York, NY and Additional Mailing Offices. Telephone: 800-234-0056. Subscriptions: info@apbweb.com. Website: www.apbweb.com. POSTMASTER: send address changes to American Police Beat, 505 8th Avenue, Ste 1004, New York, NY 10018.