[DoodleDawg]

When you keep dipping lower into the applicant pool, you get folks with poor judgment. LEO is no longer a desired occupation.

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.

[Openurmind]

“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.”

That is exactly right. So what you end up with are applicants who psychologically WANT the authority to screw with the public and get a kick out of it.

I have personally met and got to know at least 20 of these characters in my lifetime.

And I don’t know when the last time you checked, but they are making much more than that now.

[FatherofFive]

The average Police Officer salary in Arkansas is $53,700 as of May 27, 2021

https://www.salary.com/research/salary/alternate/police-officer-salary/ar