Originally Posted by
Cujo665
It's like comparing the NYPD to Townsend Police
Both drive the same cars, and carry the same weapons, arrest for the same laws broken; but the pay is vastly different and the capabilities are as well.
I hope you guys get as close as possible. But tempering expectations with reality needs to be part of the calculation also.
Actually, NYPD has never been known for particularly good pay, in fact, if anything, it's been the opposite. So much so that they've actually had an attrition problem with people going to nearby agencies. In fact, there's even been lawsuits alleging that NYPD leadership has deliberately tried to impede people getting on elsewhere by delaying background reports etc...