Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
In time perhaps within the next 10 year window militias will be needed to support local law enforcement especially in large metro areas . Civilians with military background, grads from training centers and backed by National Guard . It has nothing to do with the present police being inadequate with respect to skills it's just we need in a since ( military aka deputies), who are mentored by police sidekicks. We will not have enough law enforcement in the future for tons of reasons I have choose not to share in data.
A 10 year window? More like a 10 week window if that. These events are really picking up speed.
You do realize that with the people with a military background and the National Guard, you're talking about Martial Law.
Obviously many on here didn't bother to read the article. The 48 is the cumulative total for departing in June - pre-BLM shooting of police officers.
The reasons were similar to why many big cities lose thousands of police to smaller departments. Big cities train the police officers then smaller cities with better salaries, less risky conditions, draw officers away. You think liberal hot beds like LA, Chicago, and San Francisco have low turnover?
Suburbs of large cities have been attracting larger, metro police for decades. This isn't new. Trying to say one event causes mad exodus simply isn't true.
Yeah, very true. It never made sense to me that a Cop on Long Island for instance-with not nearly as much to do-will have a starting salary of $100,000+ while next door in the largest city in the country, NYC, they start at $40,000 something.
Obviously many on here didn't bother to read the article. The 48 is the cumulative total for departing in June - pre-BLM shooting of police officers.
The reasons were similar to why many big cities lose thousands of police to smaller departments. Big cities train the police officers then smaller cities with better salaries, less risky conditions, draw officers away. You think liberal hot beds like LA, Chicago, and San Francisco have low turnover?
Suburbs of large cities have been attracting larger, metro police for decades. This isn't new. Trying to say one event causes mad exodus simply isn't true.
Yup.
Same with fire and EMS.
I knew guys in El Paso trying to get a gig in Plano.
Withhold judgement as cost of living in dfw is quite high
The cost of living if TX is higher than a lot of people think. All the PR from the governor about our low cost of living and glut of jobs is rhetoric. The truth is, we make up is low real estate prices by paying boatloads of taxes and other hidden fees (particularly tolls for toll roads, of which we have a LOT). And we have many jobs but most are low paying.
Houston is going to go bankrupt when they have to start paying the police and fire retirement they agreed to some years back. The local paper did many articles about it. A city cop can make around 125000 a year with overtime. Their retirement will just about equal the salaries.
In Texas, even school districts have their own police department. That way, they can keep stuff private, no reporting, etc. My district of 47000 students has 40+ cops and a jail with cells for 8 kids. Most of the cops came from the county sheriff's department.
The football coach at a large mediocre school makes over 125K a year.
I'd have to know what the pay is before commenting.
The median annual Police Patrol Officer salary in Dallas, TX is $52,991, as of June 24, 2016, with a range usually between $44,136-$62,536 not including bonus and benefit information and other factors that impact base pay.
Not really a lot for putting your life on the line everyday.
Dallas Teachers
newly hired teachers with more than two years of teaching experience will have the ability to earn a base salary of $58,000, with the capacity in the coming years to earn up to $90,000
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Police Leave Larger Departments All The Time
