• ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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    10 months ago

    Cop and landlord seem to be the hot potato "professions": you get a lot of money at the expense of being hated by everyone and being acutely aware that the worse things get, the more well-deserved danger you'll be in if and when shit pops off on a large scale.

    • Saeculum [he/him, comrade/them]
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      10 months ago

      Do cops get a lot of money? I wasn't under the impression it's a particularly well paid job, it's not in the UK at least.

      • AlkaliMarxist
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        10 months ago

        I think they're comparatively well paid for people with no skills or qualifications who sit down most of the day.

      • da_gay_pussy_eatah [she/her]
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        10 months ago

        Cops in America make a lot of money in a lot of places, especially considering the "qualifications" for the job.

      • Adkml [he/him]
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        10 months ago

        In the US you can abuse the shit out of overtime.

        It's why you see 12 cops at a traffic stop, if a call goes out in their neighborhood they can trundle over in their plain clothes and shoot the shit and bill 2 hours of overtime.

      • emizeko [they/them]
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        10 months ago

        Alameda Police Department is offering new recruits a $75,000 signing bonus – the highest in the nation – on top of a $113,654 starting salary

        https://www.ktvu.com/news/alameda-police-struggles-to-recruit-new-officers-despite-highest-in-nation-signing-bonus