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13. *ding!* Winner. nt

Reply to LonePirate (Reply #2)

Fri Jun 19, 2020, 07:31 PM

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Every Atlanta police officer gets $500 bonus from foundation to 'boost morale' as sick-outs continue [View all] ansible Jun 2020 OP

"We're afraid of losing good police officers" denem Jun 2020 #1

Good police officers do not call in sick because they can't kill civilians without consequences. LonePirate Jun 2020 #2

This☝️ I_UndergroundPanther Jun 2020 #3

Good cops... tazkcmo Jun 2020 #5

Agreed. nt cstanleytech Jun 2020 #7

+1 Nevilledog Jun 2020 #8

*ding!* Winner. nt crickets Jun 2020 #13

Amen! Delphinus Jun 2020 #22

Bingo! BComplex Jun 2020 #34

It is called Timewas Jun 2020 #4

Bingo! I know, have a national 'police call in sick day', call it 'The Purge, Election Year' Baclava Jun 2020 #11

Pay the cops off, isn't that ironic. LizBeth Jun 2020 #6

Fire their asses and hire women and people of color. fleur-de-lisa Jun 2020 #9

Wiki's demographics for the Atlanta police: Igel Jun 2020 #12

Baased on those numbers, Asian and women officers are significantly under represented MichMan Jun 2020 #15

Women are under-represented in police in general, not just in Atlanta. Jedi Guy Jun 2020 #18

So is the "Atlanta Police Foundation" a public or private group? rurallib Jun 2020 #10

It's a private 501c3 organization greenjar_01 Jun 2020 #32

I may be wrong but I believe police officers paid well. LiberalFighter Jun 2020 #14

Average salary for a cop in the US is just under $54,000 a year. Jedi Guy Jun 2020 #19

That doesn't include their benefits and pension. LiberalFighter Jun 2020 #21

Neither does the average salary for the US that I found. N/T Jedi Guy Jun 2020 #23

Median HOUSEHOLD Income Is $66.5k ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #26

I looked up the average salaries for an individual and for a cop, and those are the numbers I got. Jedi Guy Jun 2020 #27

Not Quite ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #28

The starting pay for a phx police officer is 52k Mosby Jun 2020 #30

Probably, yeah. I expect it drops precipitously the further out you go from metro areas. N/T Jedi Guy Jun 2020 #33

Every cop who does this stupid sick out should be fired sakabatou Jun 2020 #16

Based on their contracts, they probably can't be fired as long as they have sick time to take. Jedi Guy Jun 2020 #20

And here I would've thought of dereliction of duty. sakabatou Jun 2020 #24

Sick/personal days can be used at any time and for any reason, as long as you have them. N/T Jedi Guy Jun 2020 #25

Isn't this a "dis-incentive" to work? Collimator Jun 2020 #17

Who are these people? Happy Hoosier Jun 2020 #29

Just set up a "non-political" 501c3 to officially bribe public employees greenjar_01 Jun 2020 #31