Metro Nashville / Police Inspections Key
Agency file
The Police Inspections Key is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.
In 2025, this agency had 11 employees with median total compensation of $72,414; the highest distinct record was $222,687.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 11 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($72,414) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.
What an average paycheck here is made of — base salary versus overtime, other pay (bonuses, allowances), and benefits. A large overtime or other-pay share means take-home often exceeds base salary.
The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $206,574 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $23,578. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).
The most common job titles in this department by headcount, with the median total compensation for each. Click a title to see everyone who holds it.
Trend
How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 11 published years.
| Year | Total payroll | Employees | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $355.2K — | 6 — | $61,704 — |
| 2016 | $407.6K ▲ 14.8% | 7 ▲ 16.7% | $60,774 ▼ 1.5% |
| 2017 | $443.7K ▲ 8.8% | 8 ▲ 14.3% | $59,184 ▼ 2.6% |
| 2018 | $460.5K ▲ 3.8% | 7 ▼ 12.5% | $70,199 ▲ 18.6% |
| 2019 | $478.5K ▲ 3.9% | 8 ▲ 14.3% | $56,332 ▼ 19.8% |
| 2020 | $549.4K ▲ 14.8% | 8 ±0% | $55,559 ▼ 1.4% |
| 2021 | $597.1K ▲ 8.7% | 9 ▲ 12.5% | $53,850 ▼ 3.1% |
| 2022 | $774.6K ▲ 29.7% | 12 ▲ 33.3% | $48,384 ▼ 10.1% |
| 2023 | $466.9K ▼ 39.7% | 12 ±0% | $31,603 ▼ 34.7% |
| 2024 | $211.6K ▼ 54.7% | 1 ▼ 91.7% | $211,631 ▲ 569.7% |
| 2025 | $989.6K ▲ 367.6% | 11 ▲ 1000.0% | $72,414 ▼ 65.8% |
Compare
Departments elsewhere with the most similar mix of roles — a proxy for the same kind of agency, matched by workforce composition rather than name. Pay is not cost-of-living adjusted.
Record list
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Police Lieutenant/Police Inspections Key
Source-specific fields
At Police Inspections Key, John Farrell serves as a Police Lieutenant. Their 2025 pay totaled $137,716.