We need fewer cops on taxpayer dole and more citizens carrying. Crime rate would be down and fewer wrongful shootings would occur.
We need fewer cops on taxpayer dole and more citizens carrying.
Amen. There are about a million people employed in the United States in some sort of law enforcement capacity. Most of those jobs have extremely cushy salaries ($40-80K) relative to their minimum job qualifications (nothing more than a GED for entry level), and their pension plans are absurd - as in retire at 45-50 with full salary for a lifetime.
With those considerations, we shouldn't be surprised at the kind of cops we get. Take a guy who's qualified to flip burgers and offer him a mid-level corporate management salary and you get what should be expected - that's essentially what constitutes our police force these days.