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Originally Posted by ninjabum87
Police is like 17th by injury rate behind things like delivery truck driver, construction worker, loggers, fishery workers, electricians, farmers, steel workers, etc. And few of those dudes sniff a fraction of what big city cops make. Funnily enough thats injury rates. If you focus on fatalities only they drop to 21st behind the same groups but add in firefighters, highway maintenance workers, crane operators, garbage collectors, etc.
You have a higher statistical chance of dying in a traffic accident than as a cop on the job.
Miami PD has over 1200 officers and sergeants who have made over 98k year to date. 200 of those have made over 150k YTD. That ain't counting liuetenants or captains. And we still have four months to go if their YTD means calendar year. Even if it's FYTD still a whole month left to go if they end 9/30. That's big boi money for Florida.
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Interesting, where did you pull these stats? I'm really curious. As I stated, there is inherent risk to being a police officer. They deal with people both good and bad every day. Seems the statistics of injury and death are after the fact, not the daily risk. I would imagine fishing on a boat or repaving the road is a lot different than pulling over a stolen car with multiple known gang members within. Maybe there is a reason department policies that are based on state and federal law exist? To prevent said injury and death......
So in Hill's case, he was pulled over for a traffic violation and was apparently being difficult by rolling his window up and down. From a quick search, Florida law requires that drivers puleld over for a traffic infraction follow lawful orders. Apparently that includes rolling your window down. Clearly Hill thought he could play the window game in Florida. I'd like to see the body cam footage though. He was also told to sit down, which he refused. Personally I dont like that crap but if its consdiered a lawful order, so be it. Calais Campbell being detained for involving himself as a third party is a normal occurence in any state.
As for pay, its likely a lot of overtime. People just dont want to be cops anymore. That's a huge failure in this society. The pool gets smaller and the best and brightest become less and less. The only influence that can effect the pool is the culture of the department and even that's being attacked by the people and politicians. Simply put, you get what you get.