Open Letter from San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland Police Unions

[pipoman]

10. Surely nobody would deny the inherent danger of confronting

Criminals? I am pretty critical of the "officer safety" meme on one hand, on the other hand officers can't be expected to delay responses of self defense.

Average patrol officer salaries are in the 50's nationally. I have never had to depend on a lumberjack or garbage collector to make decisions of life and death beyond their own and their coworkers. Risk has nothing to do with salaries beyond luring in enough qualified applicants,, ability to do the job and supply and demand for same is what determines salaries. Bottom line...your question is irrelevant to the conversation at hand...