So right now with our current — trying to hire at $22 an hour, you're never going to see another person again walk through those doors. That's it," Smith said. "Unless you guys do a dramatic change."
Smith stressed the urgency of the matter and said smaller police departments he has looked into pay at least $30 an hour.
I wonder if these cops support raising the minimum wage.
Yeah, except I know plenty of people who have gone into policing bright eyed and idealistic. Your coworkers are regular police who reinforce every bad thing you hear about.
I mean in fairness, our local McDonald's is paying 16-18 an hour... So getting 22 to do a job that most people wouldn't want to do and forces you to deal with people you'd normally try to avoid, doesn't sound like a hard ask.