This is very wrong...

[Jolly]

Who would want to be a cop in today's world?

[jon-nyc]

@Jolly

I suppose it depends on one’s perceived alternatives.

[Jolly]

Know many cops?

[jon-nyc]

@Jolly said in This is very wrong...:

Know many cops?

One NYPD. One CPD. Lots in Gainesville FL where my sister works in the Department.

[Jolly]

@jon-nyc said in This is very wrong...:

@Jolly said in This is very wrong...:

Know many cops?

One NYPD. One CPD. Lots in Gainesville FL where my sister works in the Department.

Don't you think most of those guys and gals could find a job do something else?

[jon-nyc]

Nothing that would replace their expected retirement earnings.

[Horace]

The question is whether to embark on the career, not to continue in an established one. Those are different questions.

[Jolly]

@jon-nyc said in This is very wrong...:

Nothing that would replace their expected retirement earnings.

Maybe not in NYC, not so much other places....

[jon-nyc]

@Jolly said in This is very wrong...:

@jon-nyc said in This is very wrong...:

Nothing that would replace their expected retirement earnings.

Maybe not in NYC, not so much other places....

In FL they get a pension and retirement healthcare they would unlikely be able to match in the private sector

[Jolly]

@jon-nyc said in This is very wrong...:

@Jolly said in This is very wrong...:

@jon-nyc said in This is very wrong...:

Nothing that would replace their expected retirement earnings.

Maybe not in NYC, not so much other places....

In FL they get a pension and retirement healthcare they would unlikely be able to match in the private sector

Maybe not. But what about the public sector? Florida has about 245,000 public employees.