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People need to understand the same or similar occur in many localities across the US; I would suspect other countries might have related issues. it is also not
by Shivetya 9y ago
People need to understand the same or similar occur in many localities across the US; I would suspect other countries might have related issues. it is also not confined to law enforcement but many in local and state government have similar setups
throw in pension abuse and you would be amazed at the dollars lost to all of this, dollars easily better used for other purposes
- sharemywin 9y agoIt's of course "liberal" media fault...<sarcasm> It's true you should consider the source but, there are probably better ways to do this.
- IAmEveryone 9y agoIf you insist on calling everyone corrupt, you remove all incentives not to be corrupt: after all, why bother if you red-faced constituents will scream invectives at you anyway? By and large, a tiny fraction of civil servants steal from official accounts. This case is a strange consequence of the rather peculiar legal standing of the sheriff’s office, in one particularly backward US state.
- smt88 9y agoMy friend's dad was a cop who "abused" the pension system. He retired at 45 with a full pension and immediately began working in the private sector, essentially giving him dual income. Prior to retiring from the police, he was paid $15k to $35k annually over the course of 20 years (I adjusted for inflation, so those are 2018 dollars). Sometimes "pension abuse" is "getting a fair salary after I've left the job" (not always of course).