That right there is the reason (in my opinion) for the "Barney Fife" stereotype about the police in smaller towns. In every stereotype there is typically a small grain of truth.GOP wrote:Also, I learned that small town cops make a pittance, 16k a year.
In no way am I maligning police officers in general, but if you're a good enough LEO you're going to work for the departments that pay better. The smaller towns paying smaller salaries are going to tend to attract the rookies and guys that can't get hired at the better departments. This isn't 100% true in all cases, but I have known more than one particular small-town cop since grade school, and they were goobers back then and are goobers now...the only difference is now they have a badge and a gun.
I think that's why I always try to give the police the benefit of the doubt (even the goobers). Along with public school teachers, they have my respect for doing a very important and unappreciated job for very little money.
MojoTexas
