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Originally Posted by Argie's Wife
FYI - a police officer in NH makes about $35,000 (average experience) (about $18/hr), and their benefits are no different than any other town employee's benefits, unless they're part of a union (not the case in M'Boro)...$18/hr to put your life on the line - to serve and protect the citizens of your town... Would you do it? If you begrudge them their income, perhaps you should change profession.
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Keep in mind that some are also military reservists. Some municipalities elsewhere even allow LEOs full pay for the "double-dipping" of Reservists.
As long as it's less than two weeks
per annum, I
still don't begrudge them their pay.
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Originally Posted by VitaBene
Just checking, did you mean a rolleyes at Samiam's post? If so, I would love to know what you disagree with.
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1) I'm sure Samiam understands that I agree with him. The
rolleyes was only to indicate that such a succinct sentence will be missed—or dismissed—by too many.
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"When seconds count, the police are only minutes away".
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2) I support those
trained in whatever one's choice of self-protection is—lethal or non-lethal. As it should, that training (which I'll dub "
Rule 308") has contributed to a decreased reliance on our "Thin Blue Line".
3) The proliferation of cellphones is a different matter for law enforcement.
4) Waving a broom would never fall under the "training" I'm discussing.
Cue some
rolleyes here:
