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From the History
of the New York City Police Department This Watch expenditure, apart from the outlay involved in lighting the streets from
the year beginning May 1, 1786, and ending May 1, 1787, placed the cost of the Watch, which consisted of a Captain and twenty-eight
men, at £1724 8s., of which £50 was for wood and candles, and the rest, £1674 8s., was for salaries. These
were computed at the rate of £32 a week for the entire Watch, and the Captain had eighty shillings a night or £2,
16s., a week, while the twenty-eight Watchmen had three shillings a night, or £1, 1s., per week each.
Source: Our Police Protectors Holice and Debbie
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