From their website:

The Denver Police Department offers a competitive salary and benefits package. In fact, we are one of only a handful of agencies in the metro area that first hires and then trains you to become a certified Police Officer in the State of Colorado.  As a Police Recruit in the academy, your annual pay rate starts at $51,779. Academy graduates receive a salary increase to $57,533 as a 4th grade Police Officer. Our aggressive annual pay increases allow you to make $85,763 after completing 3 years of service. Yearly salary increments are based upon 2017 pay benefits information.  

Robert Half has 1-3 year staff accountants at $65,400 (CPA expected), and senior accountants at $81,750 (CPA a virtual must). CPA's need the equivalent of a masters degree, and the CPA exam is known to be the toughest professional exam there is. 

So cops (GED required)(without OT) make more than top professionals. I just destroyed the Republican myth that cops are underpaid.