Hmmm, I'm double checking and I think I was misremembering / exaggerating slightly. I think the recruits are all college-educated (associates or so), or otherw

Hmmm, I'm double checking and I think I was misremembering / exaggerating slightly. I think the recruits are all college-educated (associates or so), or otherwise pretty high degree of training. And the non-recruits are experienced cops with good reputations from other parts of the state. In any case, my point is that rich counties are in a talent-war with the poorer areas of your state. Higher qualified and/or trained cops will leave the poor areas to be paid higher (and be recognized better) in richer counties that care more about education and cop-knowledge. Its bad enough that just being a cop in a poor area is already more stressful / work than being in the pleasant suburbia of rich people / low crime districts. But on top of that, all the good cops know to leave the poor-areas and seek out better positions elsewhere. ----------- This 10,000+ departments thing in the USA? Its not working. People need to realize that and start tearing down police departments and/or merging them together. We *DO* have highly talented cops. They're just hanging out in the areas with low crime / less work and better pay.