line with what other city officials make in other cities. the problem is that is not true. police chief his name is randy adams. he was making $457,000 a year. he oversaw 25 police officers. look at the salaries of other police chiefs in major cities. we re talking about chicago, $310,000. here in l.a., $307,000. in new york, the police commissioner 205,000. and in miami, $119,000. $457,000, shep, for the chief of police in bell well, well above the national average. shepard: i will say. trace gallagher in los angeles. thank you. more on our top story now, we are expecting to find out soon whether a judge will allow arizona s controversial immigration law to actually take effect. could be tomorrow morning. could really be at any time. if the judge will make the decision. we will get a live report on the fight in federal court next. plus, blago.
this city way median income of less than $40,000 because over the past few years unbeknownst to nearly everyone, while city leaders were slashing budgets, they were paying themselves ridiculous salary, including $787,000 a year to city manager robert rizzo, almost double what president obama makes. rizzo thinks the tax pairs owns this horse ranch in washington state and this beach home in southern california. then there s the police chief, randy adams, making $457,000 a year. we re all upset. reporter: showing us a squad car with 116,000 miles on it, this officer says for years while the chief and city manager have been lining their pockets, the police budget has been shrinking. this president of the police officers association says he and the other 18 members of the department have gone without a pay raise for three years.
there are a lot of women who are running for either the senate or for governor. and it will be interesting to see how many women win on the republican side. it could very well be a year of the republican governor. taxpayer outrage continues in bell, california. it s a tiny town that was paying out massive government salaries. the up roar all started after a los angeles times report revealed the city s police chief was making 457,0$457,000 a year. the city s chief administrative officer was making over $800,000 a year. the men tolding those two positions have resigned from public office. many folks who live in that town are still calling on them to resign. and in london, an olympic sized city is springing up,
good news and bad news, and only one star that is the beginning of what is so wrong with america, happening in a town outside of los angeles, ca, a town of 37,000 people and it is the pier of the community in los angeles county where the average salary is about $30,000 for the average person in this county. well, now, here is the problem: the city manager is making nearly $800,000 a year. really? the police chief, there, is pulling down $457,000 a year. now to give you perspective, that is more than double what the police commissioner in new york city earns. a city of eight million people. the los angeles times ran a story disclosing those and other unbelievable figures and some residents were a little less than pleased.
sign me up. reporter: you know, the mayor of bell, oscar hernandez, said he was defending the salaries saying other cities this size have similar salaries except that s not are true. the police chief in bell, randy adams, getting $457,000 a year, right? he oversaw 25 police officers. so we looked around the country to see the other major city police chiefs. in the city of chicago, the chief gets $30,000. in los angeles, $307,000. in new york, the police commissioner s salary, $205,000. and in the city of miami, it s $119,000 so when the mayor says it s in line with other cities, it s not. shepard: there s new information about a investigation into the high salaries. an investigation of some sort. a couple.