Search the Definitions. n. the death of a human being as the result of a wrongful act of another person. Such wrongful acts include: negligence (like careless driving), an inten- tional attack such as assault and/or battery, a death in the course of another crime, vehicular manslaughter, manslaughter or murder.
And salaries for officers in an urban area are normally higher than those in a rural area, he said. Location can factor into salary amounts. The average police and sheriff's patrol officer wage in Maryland, $59,880, is very close to the national number. But the average wage for that profession drops to an average of $51,900 in Virginia and $49,640 in the Salisbury area, the Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows.
Salary by Industry. According to May 2012 BLS figures, the top paying industry for police and sheriff's patrol officers was state governments, which paid a mean hourly wage of $30.20 and an annual mean income $62,810. Local governments paid the second highest average wages of $27.73 hourly and $57,670 annually.alary Overview. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that police and sheriff patrol officers had a mean hourly salary of $27.78 in May 2012 (www.bls.gov). This translates to a mean yearly income of $57,770. The top 10% of workers in this occupation made upwards of $42.94 or more an hour.