took me to a general screen. I used the search engine and plugged in "police" as a key word. The first job that came up for a regular police officer showed pay band 3, which equated to $34,000 to $38,000.

As much as I want all the shitty cops drummed out of the profession, there are many good people in uniform and they put their lives on the line regularly. They deserve better pay than that. Much better. That said, if they go on to serve a few decades and rise to the rank or sergeant or captain, they retire with nice pensions.

I got in. The troopers might have a different situation

Wow! That's news to me. So little incentive to join the police force these days, other than upholding law and order. That's certainly admirable and should be the top priority, but the compensation versus the risk would surely give many pause for thought.

Healthcare especially

Why isn't that required for holding federal office, like, oh..I don't know.. THE PRESIDENCY?

$9.75 a hour. Pension plan was good if you managed to stay long enough. With only one 12 years to my credit I won't ever get a return from what I have in the system that I would have had that money gone somewhere else. Medical was ok.

Oh, and 6 months of training to be qualified? That wasn't paid, I had to attend that without a job offer and hope an agency would hire me when I graduated.

I took a lot of overtime and worked a bunch of off duty security gigs to just be able to pay my bills. later I got a second job with a small PD and worked part time there at $12/hr no benefits and did 2-3 shifts a month there to help pay the bills.

All these agencies know they attract a lot of applicants who want the job because of what the job is, and they are willing to work for less because they really want the job- and what they offer shows that. LE salaries in most areas really need a 50-100% increase before they can really attract and retain a much higher rate of the good quality people you want on the job.

in my opinion our Police and our Teachers need and must get a 100% pay raise. It is you all who set the tone for what comes next.

We as a country need good Policemen/Policewomen and Teachers. Bunch of Teachers in my family, no LEO's though

May Peace always be by your side or in front leading the way. Maybe even pulling up the rear in some cases.

and support the NFL too, jeeeeeze.

Of course if you didn't complete training you probably don't become a Trooper.

Interesting details. Thanks

But the vast majority of departments in rural areas typically can't foot that bill.

Every state is different, but in NC outside of state agencies and departments big enough to run their own academy everyone else does their Basic Law Enforcement Training via the community college system. You have to be sponsored by an agency but all sponsorship means is they have done a cursory check on you and find you might make a good cop.

You can either go full time 5 days a week 9+ hours a day or do evening classes that ran 6-10pm 5 days a week plus all day Saturday. Either way you were not paid by any department (aside from a few rare ones) and instead had to support yourself one way or another. And you were not guaranteed a job after, you started getting offers a few weeks before the state test was to come up and not everyone even got an offer.

Always wondered why so many State Patrol cars parked in mobile home parks

Or two. Jeesh that's really low pay.

Florida Highway Patrol sets 'goal' for speeding tickets (illegal)

The initiative is SOAR, or the Statewide Overtime Action Response program, paid for by taxpayers. State troopers, who are among the lowest-paid in the country, can make extra money working the roads, and part of their job is to deter speeders.


http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/ticket-quota-at-florida-highway-patrol-you-be-the-judge/2333251

for that salary and they deserve whatever benefits they get.