"Red" wrote in message
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Some idiot wrote:
Take a look at who is earning the highest salary .. COPS. Nothing
against
cops but they should
not be earning more than the average guy on the street. When cops start
becoming the highest paid
employees in the US we are in big trouble.

So what you're saying is that police should be paid way less to get shot
at and protect you? You want that job to go to the lowest bidder? You
think cops will be *more* professional by being paid less? And you think
*that* is going to protect your freedoms better? Anyone want to guess how
well cities will keep recuiting up when they offer less pay or benefits
than the sanitation worker gets?
So lets see... you want a guy to sign up to a job he may get killed in...
you want him to be stupid enough to do it for little pay or benefits...
and you think he's going to be smart enough to protect you or your rights.
Is that correct?

Don't know what cops are paid in the big city, but in municipalities
around here they are paid commensurate with other municipal employees.


There is so much here .. where to start ..

First: if the police are not a reflection of the community they protect,
they become a "force" not a protection.
What happens and has happened in many parts of the USA, the police start to
make big money, move to nice
comfortable suburbs and have no respect for the folks they deal with at
work, the inner city and other city citizens.

This is when we get the racist, taser happy, cop, who could care less about
the rights of anybody.

As for being shot at; ?? Most police, never take their gun out and most
never come close to being shot at.

The job is not all that dangerous if you read the statistics. The biggest
danger is from drunk drivers etc .. not from guns.

Police are not hired to protect "my" freedom. They are hired to enforce the
law. If someone is driving drunk, they arrest him/her
and charge them with drunken driving not breaking the constitution.

There is no shortage of recruits for police work, and firemen. The reason?
It is a low education requirement job.
In most cities, a policeman does not need a college education, in fact in my
community he/she does not even need
a high school education. Just pass the physical, mental, police academy.

The pay should be well within the area of what a city employee makes, not
more. In Massachusetts the state police
are making over $200,000 dollars per year. Do you think they have much use
for some poor struggling black guy?

As for benefits, after 20 years on the force, they get a pension. You know
any other job like that in the private sector?

Stop with the cops as victims bull****.

I've seen too many youtube posting lately to have much simpathy for some
dope with a badge.