Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire 374 Seattle Police Department employees made at least $200,000 last year

I'm working fore the wrong department. Our union just pushed a two year deferment of a already deferred 2% pay raise. Meanwhile, the California inflation is eating away at my wages.

But not as badly as my wife does.

LMFAO The anthem of the untermensch.


mike r

Are you insinuating that a civil servant such as a police officer should have more than the average constituent they serve and protect? It would read as if your stating police deserve more than the average bear.

I dont recall electing the police union reps lmao...

Most of it is overtime, and a good portion of that is due to having to appear in court, especially for the swing and graveyard shift guys.

Yup, it would appear you are... then proclaiming superiority over others... huh, do as I say not as I do, and give me lots of your tax dollars to do so, so I can live better than most....

Mighta been your generation thats fugging it up for todays police.... you did a damn good job of instilling a negative view into the common man, and rightfully so.

Now hence the present times...

But what do I know, Im socially inferior hahahaha

You are LYAO because you don't understand that the unions negotiate w/ elected officials and their appointed bureaucrats. If you can't earn more than a cop or fireman you have less value to society. Your choice, limited only by talent, work ethic and ambition.

#nooneshould have more than me LMAO

mike r

I made about the same as the local cops but my job required way more talent, skill and training.

You say that as if anyone who works doubles, weekends and holidays in a similar base pay job would get 400K per year.......

But the biggest racket is that in many (most) popo, corrections and firemen's "contracts", the pension is based on the last 4 years of pay . The employees game the system to not only get these eye popping salaries for a few years, but then those create eye popping pensions for the rest of their life.

The number one priority of city and state administrators should be to eliminate the pensions and convert to defined contribution systems. It would eliminate a huge amount of shenanigans.

The city where I lived prior to my post-retirement move did that with certain categories of employees.

Keep in mind that in many states the city administrations have limited power over union relations. State law sets the rules, and there is oversight by a PERB, the public employment relations board. In most cases the state also runs the pension systems, which may or may not interface with bargained contracts. Retirement is often not subject to bargaining.

It's common for city administrations to talk tough, but it's usually political posturing. Moreover, the unions know it.

Paul

Never understood why people bittch about what someone else gets paid. If you think its great pay go get a job there.
I dont see many headed to Seattle to join the popo.

A guy working the counter at a local gun store left his job at the Rigby police. When asked why he said he was only making $14 an hour after some years there and he needed to find a job with benefits.

Bb

Suddenly, I am in favor of defunding the police.

Seriously, that is obscene that they are paid that much. They also retire in their early 50s and continue to get paid. It is an important job but qualified people would do it for much less. This is a good example of unions/collective bargaining run amok.

This ^^^^^

Is our economy still a capitalistic economy (make what you can as an individual based on your potential and) or has socialism (share the wealth) crept in, even in some "conservative" homes?

WTF??
Ever heard of crony capitalism?
Having a union government employee who's union pays off elected government officials to come up with contracts for the employee is that farthest thing from capitalism.

WTF?

Like any other economic system, it can be corrupted and no one has ever said capitalism is perfect. So socialism is the answer?

WTF indeed....

Don't give me that bullschitt. Cops never have had the job of "keeping the Sheet out of your house", and the SCOTUS has ruled at least half a dozen times that they don't. Police investigate crimes and arrest suspects. They have never had the job of preventing anything. It is my job to keep the schitt out of my house. The cops never have had and never will have anything to do with it.

You dumb fug
Capitalism is each employee committing to a contract with the employer.
Unions and specially government unions is not capitalism. That's socialism/communism

For all you folks that are still living 10 miles where you were born and grew up and who are bitching and want to make more moneySPD is hiring now Good luck with commuting at least a few hours a day and finding a decent house for under $650,000, high property and sales taxes and constant rain 9 months out of the year.

Just quit your job, sell your house and move your family across the country. Better be able to run at least 5 miles and be in good shape too for the academy. Oh and you'll probably be sued for every arrest and encounter with a citizen spitting in your face with a cell videoing your reaction.

It takes about 15 years now to draw a decent elk and deer tag and most of the fishing seasons have been shut down.

Go for it

Amen....