Yeah, it starts at almost $80k for first year here with a senior officer that hasn’t made Sergeant getting up to $140k. A captain makes between ~$150k and just under $210k.
As a cadet it’s $50k. Which will never make you rich but if you’re stuck in a minimum wage position or as a gig driver that can be attractive, especially knowing you’ll soon bump over $25k.
That’s not counting incentives for higher education, having places like communities and shopping centers hire you to patrol off hours, more than 50 days of time off (PTO, personal days, “physical agility days” that can be traded in for $1000 a pop, and holidays, plus compensatory time at 1.5 hours), paid parental leave, retirement, halfway decent insurance, tuition assistance, continued training leave, student loan forgiveness, free public transportation…They have the benefits most of us should be getting.
It’s a six-figure salary in my part of Texas.
Yeah, it starts at almost $80k for first year here with a senior officer that hasn’t made Sergeant getting up to $140k. A captain makes between ~$150k and just under $210k.
As a cadet it’s $50k. Which will never make you rich but if you’re stuck in a minimum wage position or as a gig driver that can be attractive, especially knowing you’ll soon bump over $25k.
That’s not counting incentives for higher education, having places like communities and shopping centers hire you to patrol off hours, more than 50 days of time off (PTO, personal days, “physical agility days” that can be traded in for $1000 a pop, and holidays, plus compensatory time at 1.5 hours), paid parental leave, retirement, halfway decent insurance, tuition assistance, continued training leave, student loan forgiveness, free public transportation…They have the benefits most of us should be getting.
If someone ever needed a big sign of what the system actually rewards…
We all should have those benefits but that would require us to give a fuck about labor. In my opinion, cops get those benefits for two reasons.
One: they protect the capital investments of the borgeousie so they’re a privileged class to keep them happy.
Two: police have unions that actually fight for them.
It’s amazing that their unions can do all that and still have the energy to ensure they get away with literal murder