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Originally Posted by Airwaves
I think you will find a lot of the stories like the ones above regarding MP.
As long as they are forced to hire kids at $13 an hour during the summer instead of having a professional department then nothing will change.
How can MP have a professional department? Merge it with the NHSP and train full time professional troopers to handle marine issues. At the end of the season instead of laying off the $13 rent-a-cop, the MP trained troopers of the NHSP are redeployed within the NHSP dept.
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All well and good until those "professional troopers" are told that they will be responsible for enforcing the laws of the state on the water as they did on the road but they will be doing the job without a firearm. The stampede out the door will be deafening.
The term rent-a-cop is an insult. MP officers receive extensive boating law training and then must attend the NH Police Standards and Training Academy. They must meet the same training requirements. They train right beside those men and women who choose to serve in the State Police, County Sheriff, Fish and Game and numerous local police departments. They will stand tall and proud on graduation day and will take an oath to serve this fair state and all her citizens and visitors. The fact that many are young should be taken in a positive way, because these men and women are stepping up to the plate in a field that is somewhat exclusive, terribly demanding and as some of the posts here confirm, a thankless job ridiculed by many.
There are also a number of officers who return every year, get recertified again and perform their duties extremely well. Some have returned for over 20 years. Some actually are police officers from other departments.
As far as the $13.00/hr figure, I think if you research state jobs, you will find there are countless positions across the board that start at the same rate.