I still find it a bit shocking that cities big and small are laying-off police officers. The latest is San Jose, which laid-off 66 police officers with the least seniority: In addition to the cops let go, the city cut nearly 100 police positions left vacant by recent retirements and departures The police force shrunk…
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RAND has a study showing that in tough economic times, it still makes sense to spend money on police: “Returns on investments in police personnel are likely to be substantial.”
Or, more accurately, “The Baltimore City police men and women of late Fall 2009,” but nobody ever wrote a book with that name. I’ve also always wondered just how many of my class are still with the Baltimore Police Department. This seems a rather simple question, but such data, especially if it’s police related, can…
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Fifteen percent of the department. The St. Louis Post Dispatchreports on a raucous city council meeting at which: East St. Louis Mayor Alvin Parks announced that the city will layoff 37 employees, including 19 of its 62 police officers, 11 firefighters, four public works employees, and three administrators. The layoffs take effect on Sunday. For…
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Stilgar, in a comment, raises some excellent questions: Claims about the quality of pay are irrelevant without context. Rather than shout past each other, it might be worthwhile to ask: 1. Based on the backgrounds of the cops you have worked with, would you say that many of them were well-paid in policing compared to…
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It includes 5 days of furlough and 2 more days of paid vacation. I would have liked that. I suspect most police do not. Comp time (at 1.5 : 1) instead ofovertime for court? The number of arrests will plummet! Given that most police want to work more hours, not fewer, and this contract is…
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I think all employees should be paid to put on work clothes, if it’s part of the job. Here’s the story in the L.A. Times. I wonder if I’m eligible for back pay from my time in Baltimore?
Port Authority of New York and Jersey is not a bad place to work. They run all the airports and most of the bridges. I got to say, I’m a little jealous that if I were a Port Authority Police Officer, I would be making $86,467 in base pay. Still, I wouldn’t switch back. Police…
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More cops. Less crime. Plus it’s good for the economy. Ready the interesting article by William J. Stuntz in the Weekly Standard. House and Senate alike are making a serious error. For $5 billion per year–five years’ funding would be about 3 percent of the stimulus package–lawmakers could put another 50,000 cops on city streets.…
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It’s still all too low, but finally, just a few years too late, starting NYPD officers are getting a raise from a criminally low $25,100 to the embarrassingly low salary of $35,881. The top base pay is $65,382. The Daily Newshas this story.