Should the nypd get paid more?

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Originally Posted by Jrock247

yup.

i might have to consider it

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Originally Posted by MottHavenDude

I agree that they should be paid more...however, I also agree that with this new pay scale..they are well compensated. Ideally we should have a very highlly skilled, well paid police force. Unfortunately, it seems that we are going towards a well paid, and highly unskilled/chaotic police force.....people harp on salaries alot....but that's not the real problem in the force. When salaries were "good" the same problems we are talking about today were WORSE 30 years ago....all the increases and salary raises in the world will attract people to the money and not much else. Until the culture changes in the force, we will be having this same discussion about the mob-like behavior of too many cops..

But you have to admitt the pool of people they can pick from will be much better than before. You will also attract a higher caliber individual.... Now you just have to hope you have recruiters in place that can do their job.

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I dont see anything changing...whether they seemingly have a higher caliber of recruit or not really doesn't matter anymore, they will quickly succuumb to the perverse culture within the department, and all the good intentions, excellent caliber candidate, and high salaries doesn't change anything. When you cannot trust fellow officers, different departments, your superiors, the community views you poorly, lack effective and honest leadership, and are surrounded by a dysfunctional/chaotic environment, how exactly does anything change? Cuz you are bringing in a higher caliber recruit? That's great..but until the head honchos get canned at the NYPD, nothing will change...and that's the reality.