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gringo pistolero wrote:

gigag04 wrote:Free market economy works both ways...you saying that my retirement should be more like yours is no different than me wanting my salary to look like and escalate on the same level as a private sector professional.

I think that's a great idea! Many private sector professionals I know have no pension and earn 20% to 30% less than five years ago. I strongly support the same for all elected officials and appointed officials, and most other people getting a government check.

That's some hope and change I could get behind.

The position I accepted has employer matching up to 6%, starts me at a base salary of $6k more per year than my cop salary, has lucrative sales bonuses, equivalent vacation, but also offers steeper, performance based pay increases, stock options, expense account, car allowance, and it's not shift work. I don't say this to brag - but merely to retort your comparison of private sector employment. I can't speak on a grander scale, but I opted to put myself through a degree program that was highly recruited by industry, widely relevant, and technical. This seed yielded a crop of job opportunities and I thank God everyday for the drive, ability, timing, and grace to get it done.

If my LE salary 5 years from now would be same as what I anticipate my new one will, nobody would have a problem recruiting and keepin quality professionals in the field of LE.

I get that you just want to stir the pot so I'm not super concerned.

Ill miss the fun parts but I think it's a better move for the family long term.

I would suggest anyone jealous of PD pension benefits go through the academy and go get their own.

Free market economy works both ways...you saying that my retirement should be more like yours is no different than me wanting my salary to look like and escalate on the same level as a private sector professional.

And FWIW, I'm not going to be a cop forever. I have been completing my engineering degree by day and working at night. I graduate in a few weeks and have accepted an electrical manufacturer. I'll still hit the streets as a reserve once a month or so, and will probably get into training too...

handog wrote: The problem with the OP is when we exaggerate the danger of Police work we give a green light to be trigger, baton, taser happy to those in uniform.

I have seen firsthand times when officers put themselves at greater and unnecessary risk because they are afraid of the added paperwork of a use of force report...I respectfully submit that it is a double edged sword, and the proper balance is somewhere in the tension.

When was the last 7-11 clerk raped?

Eh nm..I don't really care to get into it on the interwebs...

Word ^

I don't know of any king crabbers that were murdered over coffee solely because of their profession.

My experience with the phrase "with all due respect" usually means that person feels little is due...

I know handog had a situation that would frustrate most of us here so I can view his comments in that filter.

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.

I know your little experience probably jaded you, but I don't think LEOs being "under attack" is really inappropriate.

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2011 was awful for us with many ambushes and blind sided, unprovoked attacks

It dipped in 2012 but is on the rise once again this year...