01-12-2017, 06:33 AM
Police work, teaching, nursing are some of the so called higher calling professions. Some do the work because they feel it is important work, rather than for the pay check. As the article pointed out the short fall in recruiting is multi-factorial. Increased wages and benefits would most likely be the easiest way to address recruitment because there is only so much that can be done about the perception of increased risk involved in police work and in improving the economy. Problem is police departments aren't corporations where pay and benefits are tied to the product or service the corporation provides to the consumer. Rather, their budgets are tax payer funded correct? So how do we raise wages and benefits for police officers? Same as we do for teachers, correct? Either increased taxes or better management of funds. What other ways can it be done? Police recruitment and funding problems have probably been around as long as the police force itself.
