Police overtime budget cuts (Boston, Cambridge: teachers, metro, corporate)

[Lampert]

Originally Posted by massnative71

Lampert did you get fired from a police department somewhere?


Or maybe one of those wannabe cops who never scored high enough on the police exam?

How come you didn't consider the possibility that I was dumped by a cop?

Jokes aside. I don't understand really people defending the privileges and even worse the corruption in the police.

[msRB311]

So being dumped by a cop is a reason to berate everyone in that profession?

[Lampert]

Originally Posted by msRB311

Did you know that you don't have to have a college degree to be a Navy SEAL?

Are you comparing the fitness of a Navy Seal with the average cop?
Anyway, the skillset required is completely different, that's why you don't send Navy Seals to do police work in friendly territory.

[Lampert]

Originally Posted by msRB311

So being dumped by a cop is a reason to berate everyone in that profession?

....it was a joke....

[massnative71]

Originally Posted by Lampert

How come you didn't consider the possibility that I was dumped by a cop?

Jokes aside. I don't understand really people defending the privileges and even worse the corruption in the police.

Defend decent compensation for the demands of the job and sacrifices they make, and that's adequate to retain and attract a competent police force for our society's best interest? Sure.


Defending corruption? Much different story, and I haven't witnessed anybody here doing such. You seem to be having delusions there.

[Bettafish]

In any countries, cops are paid much less than software engineers.
However in Massachusetts the median income (not base salary) of cops are higher than software engineers'.
Not to say they don't deserve it but they are paid well already.

[Lampert]

Originally Posted by massnative71

Defend decent compensation for the demands of the job and sacrifices they make, and that's adequate to retain and attract a competent police force for our society's best interest? Sure.

Decent compensation for the demands of the job? 120k+pension with 20 years of service and 55 of age?
Just this is a better deal than most jobs in Massachusetts. And a lot of cops don't really have a demanding job, I don't understand why the average cop is always the one that is around patrolling the worst neighborhood of Boston and not the one patrolling an average neighborhood in Framingham.

Originally Posted by massnative71

Defending corruption? Much different story, and I haven't witnessed anybody here doing such. You seem to be having delusions there.

Look for the thread about police corruption from a few months back..

[massnative71]

Originally Posted by Bettafish

In any countries, cops are paid much less than software engineers.
However in Massachusetts the median income (not base salary) of cops are higher than software engineers'.
Not to say they don't deserve it but they are paid well already.

Do you have numbers that actually show that? It would be interesting to see, for sure.

[msRB311]

Originally Posted by Lampert

Decent compensation for the demands of the job? 120k+pension with 20 years of service and 55 of age?
Just this is a better deal than most jobs in Massachusetts. And a lot of cops don't really have a demanding job, I don't understand why the average cop is always the one that is around patrolling the worst neighborhood of Boston and not the one patrolling an average neighborhood in Framingham.



Look for the thread about police corruption from a few months back..

Why does it bother you so much is the question? I am not a cop, I wont get a pension at 55 or 65 and I'm ok with that.

Laborers working at places like the IBEW get similar compensation and a pension...does that also bother you?

[massnative71]

Originally Posted by Lampert

Decent compensation for the demands of the job? 120k+pension with 20 years of service and 55 of age?
Just this is a better deal than most jobs in Massachusetts. And a lot of cops don't really have a demanding job, I don't understand why the average cop is always the one that is around patrolling the worst neighborhood of Boston and not the one patrolling an average neighborhood in Framingham..

You think being a cop in Framingham is a simple cushy job?

I'm beginning to think that you're not necessarily bitter, but more likely just quite sheltered.

Originally Posted by Lampert

Look for the thread about police corruption from a few months back..

Why would I look for another thread??? We are conversing in this thread "Police overtime budget cuts", which is about proposed OT cuts to the Boston Police Department.