Police Wages
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IMO they need to pay them more to attract highly qualified candidates to compete for these positions. They need to raise the standards and requirements to qualify and increase the competencies, aptitude, and physical requirements to be qualified. This will attract the best of the best to compete and get rewarded for being highly qualified candidates . Unfortunately many people feel that they are overpaid as it is and force the system to make cuts which affects the quality in the long run and thus we keep getting the same issues repeating.
I don’t know what kind of a business case they need to increase the funding. Maybe these issues are within acceptable standards for a community due to the cost benefit and is a price of doing business.
I have the ultimate respect for cops. I tell my kids they are the true heros and not these bullshit actors everyone holds high on pedestals. I can only imagine the stress they need to put themselves through every day to fulfil their position to keep us safe and to enforce the law.
I don’t know what kind of a business case they need to increase the funding. Maybe these issues are within acceptable standards for a community due to the cost benefit and is a price of doing business.
I have the ultimate respect for cops. I tell my kids they are the true heros and not these bullshit actors everyone holds high on pedestals. I can only imagine the stress they need to put themselves through every day to fulfil their position to keep us safe and to enforce the law.
Wow! $200K does seem like a lot for a fairly simple job but I have seen and heard they are subject to both verbal and physical abuses. Some even risk being run over.
And an electrician risks being electrocuted, and a miner risks being buried alive, and a press operator risks losing a limb. Risk is just one part of the equation, and while it does justify higher wages, what is a fair rate is relative. I think it's already common perception that polices wages in Canada are too high, on average. The average police wage in America, which I personally feel presents MUCH greater risks to officers, is $24,000 a year lower than Canada. And that's after accounting for the exchange rate!
over paid need to be brought back down by half the police will soon cost more then the tax base can/will support at $40k a year every position would still be filled the job is not dangerous higher work injuries and deaths in construction.... as far as abuse you ever work retail as a kid every other customer bitched about something
Canada has the highest paid police in the world. A constable in the GTA makes a higher starting salary than a NYC police sergeant.
Is it just the cops that are overpaid or does it apply generally to all public servants. Also, I find service workers like roofers, AC and heating, dentists, etc. ridiculously expensive.
Toronto's police has one of the safest jobs. Well down on the danger ladder from trades, construction, transportation, farming, etc. Ultimately, the salary should reflect complexity of the job and recruitment. I don't have a problem with higher rates at the truly skilled levels of policing, but the entry and lower levels of the pay scale are way out of wack.
I have an uncle who always brags about how easy his job is and how much he makes when in front of the "guys"...shuts his mouth when my aunt is around..he is a parking enforcement officer.
Literally everyone rips him the moment he isnt there.
It seems like an easy overpaid job. Says he gets cussed out everyday, but doesnt care cuz he makes so much...not a fan of him either
Actual police...i have respect for. There are 4 cops in our little social group. Probably the best humans i know
Agreed - all you nay sayers just imagine how it felt to discover this https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/dad-c...self-inflicted-gunshot-wound-police-1.4300790.
How can an animal harm their own little girl.
The majority of cops are good and run towards danger not away from danger like most people.
2.2% a year isn't ridiculous. We should all get that. Are they overpaid? Probably, but most public service union employees are.
These are questions that torment men's and women's souls. Why? For example, why should someone make $330 million for hitting a little white ball? Why does my roofer charge me a minimum $500 just to do a little patch on my roof? Why?
