MSNBC.com The cost of training Iraqi police

"According to the help-wanted notice on DynCorp’s Web site, the company will pay as much as $153,600 for senior people in Iraq for one year. On top of that, they get all their living expenses, and most of their salary is tax-free — a package that will cost taxpayers as much as $400,000 to put each trainer in Iraq. "

I'm starting to understand why the police officer in Victoria, Texas was leaving his post to go work for Dyncorp in Iraq. It wasn't so much "call of duty" as the "seduction of money". Understandable, but at taxpayer's expense, is this reasonable?