lifeonthefarm:
I actually had written a very long and detailed response to your post, and then as I was wrapping it up I hit the wrong button and it went away.
Perhaps it is just as well.
I will briefly recap the thoughts.
If the state is paying for "seasonal" MP officiers to go to the academy that is good, but it is counter productive that they give them a salary of less than $15. That ensures that they will be lured away by other departments, in state and out, that will be willing to pay much more. A patrolman in my community can make 6 figures a year with overtime and details! So how are you going to keep these folks "down on the farm?"
Regarding sending these "trained" folks into a situation that could best be discribed as a near riot (look at how you discribed the incident on Braun Bay) then I would say the state needs to request help from White Hulls! NO ONE wants that!
So, train them, pay them and keep them.
Less than $600 a week or more than $2000 a week, which would you do for you and your family?
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