Those numbers don't sound right at all.

Bureau of Labor Statistics says the median is 55k. http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes333051.htm

Since you said NY is stingy, I tried other big cities. Here's a list of Chicago PD salaries. https://data.cityofchicago.org/Administration-Finance/Police... The only people on that list with a salary of 125k are ranked captain and above.

Here's the LAPD salary schedule. http://per.lacity.org/psb/lapd_salary.htm Not even close to averaging 125k

Houston PD http://www.texastribune.org/library/data/government-employee... Again, much lower than what you're talking about.

If cops in the 4 biggest cities in America aren't making that much, who is?