Posted on 04/21/25
| News Source: FOX45
Baltimore County, MD - April 21, 2025 - The police chief was the Baltimore County government’s highest-paid employee in 2024, according to compensation data analyzed by The Baltimore Sun.
Chief of Police Robert McCullough earned $285,900 in gross pay last year, within a couple of hundred dollars of his annual salary, according to payroll data obtained through a public information request. Behind him were a lieutenant and captain within the police department. Overall, the county paid over $680 million to 9,129 employees, up 7% over 2023.
McCullough was nominated for the position in April 2023 by then-County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. He was sworn in shortly after, becoming the county’s first Black police chief.
McCullough, a 37-year veteran, rejoined the department following his retirement in 2021 as a colonel and operations bureau chief. Upon selecting him, Olszewski hailed McCullough as an experienced, homegrown leader.