Cops: you get what youb pay for.

[arely staircase]

It should be much harder to be a cop and pay a lot more. I would require a bachelor's degree with required coursework relating to the constitution and Western Enlightenment ideas. And I would triple the salary.

[daleanime]

1. There are very few jobs that shouldn't get a raise...

and those ones need a large cut.

[WillyT]

2. That 1st Part... Would Be met With Resistance...

Link: https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=denied+cop+iq

[unblock]

3. every town's different, of course, but nypd pays rather well.

http://work.chron.com/salary-rookie-cop-nypd-2215.html

$90k annual compensation after five and a half years ain't bad.

plus there's more money for overtime, hazard pay, etc.

[nichomachus]

4. Boston has cops bringing home in excess of $100K

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/12/02/bpd/afTnwd4UZuKd1A5WMCc5lL/story.html

And a few over $200K

[arely staircase]

5. small l town Texas, about 30 grand starting out

And you get what you pay for.

[Bluenorthwest]

6. LAPD pays 57,000 in Academy, and 60 to probationary officers, first year they wind up at about

70,000. Sergeant average is 113,000.
The problems are not about the pay.

[KingCharlemagne]

8. And when is the last time any police officer got laid off or downsized?

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

7. I don't know where you are, but it's pretty highly paid around here.

Probably one of the best paying jobs you could get in town.

[msongs]

9. and quit hiring former military types nt