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arely staircase

(12,482 posts) Tue Dec 23, 2014, 05:08 PM Dec 2014

Cops: you get what youb pay for. [View all]

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.

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Cops: you get what youb pay for. [View all] arely staircase Dec 2014 OP

There are very few jobs that shouldn't get a raise... daleanime Dec 2014 #1

That 1st Part... Would Be met With Resistance... WillyT Dec 2014 #2

every town's different, of course, but nypd pays rather well. unblock Dec 2014 #3

Boston has cops bringing home in excess of $100K nichomachus Dec 2014 #4

small l town Texas, about 30 grand starting out arely staircase Dec 2014 #5

LAPD pays 57,000 in Academy, and 60 to probationary officers, first year they wind up at about Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #6

And when is the last time any police officer got laid off or downsized? KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #8

I don't know where you are, but it's pretty highly paid around here. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2014 #7

and quit hiring former military types nt msongs Dec 2014 #9