For the cost of one day in Iraq, 6,886 police officers would have their salaries paid for the entire year.
(Based on the median starting salary of $48,254 for law enforcement officers)
In other words, approximately 50% of the Chicago Police Department, 100% of the Philadelphia Police Department, and 4.9 times the police force in New Orleans, which is the U.S. murder capital of 2007.
Sources: Salary.com, Chicago Police Dept, Wikipedia, Cnn.com
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