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>minimum level Meditating again on the conflicting requirement that: 1) Cops be intelligent, physically fit, free of troublesome political biases, cool under
by sbierwagen 4y ago
>minimum level
Meditating again on the conflicting requirement that:
1) Cops be intelligent, physically fit, free of troublesome political biases, cool under stress, be willing to risk being shot by criminals and,
2) Not be paid $500,000 a year.
"Cops are paid too much" is an evergreen topic on sfgate. Here's a recent story: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/S-F-overtime-costs-soar-crackdown-is-proposed-3203048.php https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/S-F-overtime-costs-soar-... If you want the best of the best of the best, you'll have to pay for it.
"Pfft, I could do that." Okay, why aren't you? Quit your tech job today and head to the police academy. Hmm? You don't want to? That's odd...
- scotty79 4y ago> Hmm? You don't want to? That's odd... Well. Police is a cesspool. Police world is the closest you can get to being a criminal without being a criminal. Very few people want that for themselves. The fact that being a criminal or being nearly a criminal pays so little is only one of the factors why people want none of that.
- Nextgrid 4y ago> Not be paid $500,000 a year. How much is this in comparison to the costs of defending or settling lawsuits against the police department as a result of bad cops?
- IshKebab 4y agoThis is a silly comment. Physical fitness requirements are hardly unusual (they have them in the UK for example). Nobody is asking that police are "the best"; just that they're not the worst. $500k is a hilariously far-out figure.
- roflyear 4y agoMy brother, I live in a town of 40k people. We pay over $20m a year to cops and their pensions. There is no crime here.