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Cops in Chicago make six figures before over time + pension and the department is still losing several hundred per year net. Just doesn't seem to be a career pe
by missedthecue 4y ago
Cops in Chicago make six figures before over time + pension and the department is still losing several hundred per year net. Just doesn't seem to be a career people want to go into anymore.
- lotsofpulp 4y agoIt just means six figures is not enough. Make the base salary $500k per year, and I am sure it will miraculously become a career people want to go into again.
- missedthecue 4y agoThat is not sustainable for the city budget.
- lotsofpulp 4y agoExactly. That brings us to the real issue. The city cannot afford to incentivize the desired people to go into that career.
- missedthecue 4y agoIt really just proves that people just don't want to do it anymore. If you have to pay half a million dollars to find someone to fill a position that requires no education or specialization, that means it's an unpopular job.
- seanmcdirmid 4y agoThat could work if productivity could be increased via technology. Like face recognition for property crime policing. However, the civil liberties crowd doesn’t like many of those ideas.