NJ Suburbs and State police need to be cut by 50% (high school, college)

[FlyersFan]

Originally Posted by CaptainNJ

even if its after 28 years of service is it justified? what would the equivalent person in the private sector be making today after 28 years working?

How many people in the "private sector" have getting shot at in their job description ?

[gradstudent77]

Originally Posted by FlyersFan

How many people in the "private sector" have getting shot at in their job description ?

This is surprising coming from you, ff. You hate NJ for its high taxes, yet are willing to pay what we have been paying these guys.

[FlyersFan]

Originally Posted by gradstudent77

This is surprising coming from you, ff. You hate NJ for its high taxes, yet are willing to pay what we have been paying these guys.

I'm just full of surprises !!! Actually, if you check back through my posts in this thread I am for getting rid of all the small town police forces and going with state police......however....that being said I think police deserve a higher pay scale than someone in the "private sector" for an equal period of time as their job is truly dangerous. You couldn't pay me enough to get shot at.....doesn't matter if its in New Jersey or not.

[CaptainNJ]

Originally Posted by FlyersFan

How many people in the "private sector" have getting shot at in their job description ?

well, i bet security guards and bouncers get shot at more than cops do. hell, minimum wage employees in convenience stores probably have a better chance of having a gun pulled on them than a cop, and they dont even get to be armed.

the question is silly. the ultimate question is, would someone take the job for less money. im betting they would.

[tahiti]

Originally Posted by gradstudent77

For demarest, I'm getting 7 making over $100k with that avg service of 20yrs. That is splitting hairs, though, as there are four guys who make between 99,300 and 99,800 who average 9 years.

As for it being exceptional compared to state numbers, I just hoped so. Are you telling me this sort of compensation is fairly prevalent throughout the state?

i'm not inferring or telling you anything. you made a claim that cops in tenafly made 100K after 8 years...well, i pulled up the data that disproved it. you then went on to say other towns were compensated better for the same number of years, and i pulled up a few towns to show you. nothing more, nothing less.

the facts don't bear out the hysterical claims.

[tahiti]

Originally Posted by CaptainNJ

even if its after 28 years of service is it justified? what would the equivalent person in the private sector be making today after 28 years working?

uh...why not? ...i can clearly tell you haven't been in the private sector for a long time.

[NJ07035]

Originally Posted by CaptainNJ

well, i bet security guards and bouncers get shot at more than cops do. hell, minimum wage employees in convenience stores probably have a better chance of having a gun pulled on them than a cop, and they dont even get to be armed.

the question is silly. the ultimate question is, would someone take the job for less money. im betting they would.

But you can say that about pretty much any job.

And the execs from all the banking and investment (and oil, and construction, and import/export, and automotive, and hospital administration, etc.)companies dwarf even the highest paid member of any police force. But we see how their corruption, lack of ethics and their poor people and management skills has played out on the front page and the financial pages for years.

[FlyersFan]

Originally Posted by CaptainNJ

well, i bet security guards and bouncers get shot at more than cops do. hell, minimum wage employees in convenience stores probably have a better chance of having a gun pulled on them than a cop, and they dont even get to be armed.

the question is silly. the ultimate question is, would someone take the job for less money. im betting they would.

I'm sure theres a few homeless people living under the highway overpass and a few high school dropouts working at McDonalds that might be interested and probably a few of those mall cops and security guards too.....is that who you want patrolling your roads and protecting you ???
Why not have a few desperate unemployed fathers of large families fight it out for the privlidge of working for the minimum or vastly reduced wages you seem to think their lives are worth ?

[FlyersFan]

Originally Posted by tahiti

uh...why not? ...i can clearly tell you haven't been in the private sector for a long time.

Private sector ? I'm not even sure hes on this planet !!!

[CaptainNJ]

Originally Posted by tahiti

uh...why not? ...i can clearly tell you haven't been in the private sector for a long time.

what does this mean? i am relatively young i suppose so i dont have tons of experience but most people i see working over 28 years dont earn more than 100k a year.