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> I agree with the rest but underpaid, no. For the Oakland Police Department, where I live, the starting salary is $69,912 to $98,088. Retirement starts at 50.
by ThrowawayR2 9y ago
> I agree with the rest but underpaid, no. For the Oakland Police Department, where I live, the starting salary is $69,912 to $98,088. Retirement starts at 50.
For a job dealing with crime reports and disputes all day and one of the routine job hazards is being shot dead at any moment, that's hardly a particularly attractive deal. Hell, I doubt there's very many people on HN would take that job for twice the pay.
- DanBC 9y ago132 police died while on duty in 2016. There are 750,000 police officers in the US.
- ThrowawayR2 9y agoSo? In 2015, there were 51,548 assaults against law enforcement officers, resulting in 14,453 injuries.
- figgis 9y agoThis is a misleading point. Assaulting an officer ranges from an elbow to the rib during an arrest to beating the crap out of them. We have roughly 900,000 police officers. A total of 135 police officers were killed in duty in 2016.[0] And 14,453 injuries. We point these people towards danger daily and in a single year only 1 in every 62 of those officers will be 'injured'. I would say that's an acceptable risk for the job if the alternative is the circumvention of due process. [0] - http://time.com/4619689/police-officers-killed-2016/ http://time.com/4619689/police-officers-killed-2016/
- CalChris 9y agoYes, and postal workers had 32,213 injuries in 2012 with only 630,000 workers. https://www.gao.gov/assets/660/658174.pdf https://www.gao.gov/assets/660/658174.pdf
- ThrowawayR2 9y agoWeak logic there. The injuries listed were from assaults; if accidental injuries were added, the number for police would undoubtedly be even higher.