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- Tue Apr 09, 2013 10:55 am
- Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
- Topic: LEO's under attack
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Re: LEO's under attack
How about our own State Legislators? Why would anyone spend the money to run for an office that pays only $600 per month plus $150 per diem while in session ( comes out to $17,000 per year)...because if they hold an office only 8 years, they are entitled to full pension benefits starting at age 60, based not on their own small salaries, but on a Judge's salary of $125,000 per year. If they hold office for just 10 years total, they can start drawing the pension money at age 50! PLUS, they receive lifetime health insurance benefits.
- Tue Apr 02, 2013 11:58 pm
- Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
- Topic: LEO's under attack
- Replies: 57
- Views: 9270
Re: LEO's under attack
bci21984 wrote:You ever shot at your trash man for picking up your trash, ever cussed out the airline pilot for flying the plane, or bad mouthed the farmer for growing your produce? Law enforcement is despised by many simply for the uniform they wear and for what it stands for. Many of those despisers have/will/want to harm law enforcement for it also. If you feel so negatively, feel free to suit up and join 'em in an attempt to better the field.handog wrote:With all due respect and sympathies due to the recent events. "LEO'S under attack" seems a bit dramatic. I'd say LEOs are heroes for providing for their families like the rest of us. As far as putting their lives in "harms way", they are not in the top ten. How about these unsung heroes as well.
The 10 Deadliest Jobs:
1. Fishers and related fishing workers
2. Logging workers
3. Aircraft pilot and flight engineers
4. Refuse and recyclable material collectors
5. Roofers
6. Structural iron and steel workers
7. Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers
8. Drivers/sales workers and truck drivers
9. Electrical power-line installers and repairers
10. Taxi drivers and chauffeurs
Hold on...you're painting with a mighty broad brush...you're kinda throwing Handog in with "those who despise" and "want to harm LEOs" without any evidence. He prefaced his statement "with all due respect and sympathies" and said he thought the "LEOs under attack" was overly dramatic...that's not NEGATIVE about LEO's, that's just a statistical observation...and certainly not a valid reason to suggest he "suit up and join'em".