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I agree with your position and would also like to see officer pay increased to reflect the dangerous nature of their work.

newman314 11y ago
Are you sure about that? There are officers already making a very good salary... http://www.sacbee.com/site-services/databases/state-pay/article2642161.html#req=employee%2Fsearch%2Fdepartment%3DCA%2520Highway%2520Patrol%2Fyear%3D2014%2Fsort%3Dpay%2Fdirection%3D-1%2Fpage%3D0 http://www.sacbee.com/site-services/databases/state-pay/arti...
- 49para 11y ago
  And police officers don't make the list of top 10 most dangerous jobs. Most police officers die in routine traffic accidents. http://thefreethoughtproject.com/cop-top-10-dangerous-jobs-country-tanks/ http://thefreethoughtproject.com/cop-top-10-dangerous-jobs-c...
  - knieveltech 11y ago
    Fascinating. So in addition to increasing pay for police officers there are other careers that warrant hazard pay. Thanks for pointing that out.
- knieveltech 11y ago
  Yeah I'm positive. Median in my area for police officers is 50k. While we're at it, teachers, firefighters, and (especially) EMT/Paramedics could use some love.
  - newman314 11y ago
    I'm for pay for performance here. Bonus for successfully descalating situations without taking of lives.
    - viraptor 11y ago
      Paying for performance in a problem fixing job is dangerous. Even if you concentrate on deescalation. We already know of many cases of planted drugs. This would be just an invitation to "Hey, he had drugs (that I totally didn't plant) and I solved the situation without violence, even though he had a gun (that I also totally didn't plant)".
    - jessaustin 11y ago
      I think many individual public servants would be happy with pay for performance, if a workable scheme could be devised. Unfortunately, public sector unions would fight that tooth and nail.
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    - knieveltech 11y ago
      I think I understand the sentiment behind this and agree overall but have fun trying to track that metric without introducing perverse incentives.
  - JshWright 11y ago
    > Median in my area for police officers is 50k. Yeah, most paramedics would kill for that... I make $16/hr working as a paramedic (which is why I only do it part time and keep my day job as a developer).
    - knieveltech 11y ago
      I've made double that delivering pizza and that was almost 20 years ago. It's criminal what you guys are forced to try to live off off.
dragonwriter 11y ago
> I agree with your position and would also like to see officer pay increased to reflect the dangerous nature of their work. Police officer pay and benefits relative to other public sector employees already are high, largely justified by the dangerous nature of the work.
pkaye 11y ago
Police officers are not a top 10 dangerous job. For that, it would start with construction, logging, fishing. If fact, I think I see a negative correlation between pay and dangerous jobs in general.

newman314 11y ago

Are you sure about that? There are officers already making a very good salary... http://www.sacbee.com/site-services/databases/state-pay/article2642161.html#req=employee%2Fsearch%2Fdepartment%3DCA%2520Highway%2520Patrol%2Fyear%3D2014%2Fsort%3Dpay%2Fdirection%3D-1%2Fpage%3D0 http://www.sacbee.com/site-services/databases/state-pay/arti...

49para 11y ago
And police officers don't make the list of top 10 most dangerous jobs. Most police officers die in routine traffic accidents. http://thefreethoughtproject.com/cop-top-10-dangerous-jobs-country-tanks/ http://thefreethoughtproject.com/cop-top-10-dangerous-jobs-c...
- knieveltech 11y ago
  Fascinating. So in addition to increasing pay for police officers there are other careers that warrant hazard pay. Thanks for pointing that out.
knieveltech 11y ago
Yeah I'm positive. Median in my area for police officers is 50k. While we're at it, teachers, firefighters, and (especially) EMT/Paramedics could use some love.
- newman314 11y ago
  I'm for pay for performance here. Bonus for successfully descalating situations without taking of lives.
  - viraptor 11y ago
    Paying for performance in a problem fixing job is dangerous. Even if you concentrate on deescalation. We already know of many cases of planted drugs. This would be just an invitation to "Hey, he had drugs (that I totally didn't plant) and I solved the situation without violence, even though he had a gun (that I also totally didn't plant)".
  - jessaustin 11y ago
    I think many individual public servants would be happy with pay for performance, if a workable scheme could be devised. Unfortunately, public sector unions would fight that tooth and nail.
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  - knieveltech 11y ago
    I think I understand the sentiment behind this and agree overall but have fun trying to track that metric without introducing perverse incentives.
- JshWright 11y ago
  > Median in my area for police officers is 50k. Yeah, most paramedics would kill for that... I make $16/hr working as a paramedic (which is why I only do it part time and keep my day job as a developer).
  - knieveltech 11y ago
    I've made double that delivering pizza and that was almost 20 years ago. It's criminal what you guys are forced to try to live off off.

dragonwriter 11y ago

> I agree with your position and would also like to see officer pay increased to reflect the dangerous nature of their work. Police officer pay and benefits relative to other public sector employees already are high, largely justified by the dangerous nature of the work.

pkaye 11y ago

Police officers are not a top 10 dangerous job. For that, it would start with construction, logging, fishing. If fact, I think I see a negative correlation between pay and dangerous jobs in general.