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In some cities in CA, the police department is understaffed (and traffic law enforcement particularly so) because 1) pension reform / reductions, 2) housing cos
by rnrn 2y ago
In some cities in CA, the police department is understaffed (and traffic law enforcement particularly so) because 1) pension reform / reductions, 2) housing costs and general cost of living making police salaries unattractive, and 3) unpopularity of police as a job choice.
Also probably they spend their budget importing fentanyl or buying office furniture from their brother or something (mostly tongue in cheek here, and I certainly haven’t done or seen an audit but unfortunately “inspired by true events”)
- sottol 2y ago> 2) housing costs and genera cost of living making police salaries unattractive, A friend's neighbor in wine country is an early retired officer due to injury - their benefits pretty much match many tech workers. Looks like in San Jose police salaries start at $111k and max out at $186k, BUT additionally SJ spent $58M on overtime. _Average_ overtime pay for officer, sgt, lt and captain were $38-68k and some earned as much $200k in overtime. So the salary is probably $150-$220k on average I'd assume. Not as bad as many think. But it's possible I'm reading some of this wrong. [1] https://www.sjpdyou.com/for-applicants/additional-information/salary-benefits-pension https://www.sjpdyou.com/for-applicants/additional-informatio... [2] https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-spent-58m-on-police-overtime-last-year/ https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-spent-58m-on-police-ov...