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Do you know a single person who is a cop? Any Oxford grads you have in mind for highly vetted? Because those people don’t exist. And even if you found that unic
by hindsightbias 3y ago
Do you know a single person who is a cop? Any Oxford grads you have in mind for highly vetted? Because those people don’t exist. And even if you found that unicorn, they won’t be one after a year.
I distrust the blues as much as anyone, but I grok why they are the way they are. It’s a shitty job, and all they have are their bros.
- Nevermark 3y agoThey also have their culture, which isn’t some deterministic destined thing. It is self perpetuating. Unless something serious is done to break the pattern. (By definition: non-self perpetuating cultures rapidly don’t exist.)
- heavyset_go 3y agoIt's a highly paid job, police are often the highest paid employees on a government's payroll. The officer in question in the OP makes $154k/yr according to open records, which is only $1k over the median salary for the SPD, and cops in the same department make over $250k with overtime and overtime fraud[1]. They can also retire with a full pension and benefits after only 20 years of working. They have way more than their "bros". They also have multibillion dollar unions, governments and lobbyists on their side, as well. [1] https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/374-seattle-police-department-employees-made-at-least-200000-last-year-heres-how/ https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/374-seatt...