When you keep dipping lower into the applicant pool, you get folks with poor judgment. LEO is no longer a desired occupation
When you keep dipping lower into the applicant pool, you get folks with poor judgment. LEO is no longer a desired occupation
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This! Who in their right mind wants to be a cop these days, if they have better alternatives?
There’s a lot of truth to that. I had a problem child Marine during my last tour in Iraq. The kid had a temper problem and an addiction to exerting authority problem and he was the root-cause on a number of issues with the locals his CO eventually had to remedy, usually with cash payments because that’s how it was done.
He was administratively separated (but should have been court-martialed) shortly after the and of that tour. I found out a couple years ago that he’s been working as a deputy sheriff. I can’t imagine that imbecile with a gun and a badge. I have no idea how he passed a background check.
When you pay your deputies between $12.55 and $15.09 an hour the quality of your applicant pool likely isn't that great to begin with.