Comments on: Recruitment Ad: SFPD Officer Starting Salary in 2012 is $88,842-$118,898 Per Year – Yowzer http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2012/09/28/recruitment-ad-sfpd-officer-starting-salary-in-2012-is-88842-118898-per-year-yowzer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=recruitment-ad-sfpd-officer-starting-salary-in-2012-is-88842-118898-per-year-yowzer "If you want a vision of the future, imagine Larry Ellison eating a hot dog - forever" editor@SFCitizen.com Sun, 19 May 2013 16:57:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: But they don't live here http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2012/09/28/recruitment-ad-sfpd-officer-starting-salary-in-2012-is-88842-118898-per-year-yowzer/#comment-175944 But they don't live here Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:19:52 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/?p=43422#comment-175944 SFPD don't live in SF. They don't like it here and they don't like us. The live in places like Santa Rosa and Petaluma. The shouldn't be making that much money. In fact they shouldn't be recruiting. We need less cops not more and we need to pay them less. SFPD don’t live in SF. They don’t like it here and they don’t like us. The live in places like Santa Rosa and Petaluma. The shouldn’t be making that much money. In fact they shouldn’t be recruiting. We need less cops not more and we need to pay them less.

]]> By: Fred Fnord http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2012/09/28/recruitment-ad-sfpd-officer-starting-salary-in-2012-is-88842-118898-per-year-yowzer/#comment-175799 Fred Fnord Mon, 01 Oct 2012 05:27:14 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/?p=43422#comment-175799 It is a constant amazement to me that people think that paying police well is somehow offensive, and that they should absolutely not be paid enough to, you know, live comfortably in the city that they are being hired to risk their lives to protect. If it's such a cushy gig, Captain, why aren't you going for it? Sheesh. It is a constant amazement to me that people think that paying police well is somehow offensive, and that they should absolutely not be paid enough to, you know, live comfortably in the city that they are being hired to risk their lives to protect.

If it’s such a cushy gig, Captain, why aren’t you going for it?

Sheesh.

]]> By: Cap. Obvious http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2012/09/28/recruitment-ad-sfpd-officer-starting-salary-in-2012-is-88842-118898-per-year-yowzer/#comment-175471 Cap. Obvious Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:58:55 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/?p=43422#comment-175471 If you include the Fair Value of their retirement guaranteed benefits, the salary would be multiplied by 1.6; so a starting salary of around $140K. Not bad for someone who spends most of their time guarding politicians and showing up after the crime (and ticketing bicyclists). If you include the Fair Value of their retirement guaranteed benefits, the salary would be multiplied by 1.6; so a starting salary of around $140K. Not bad for someone who spends most of their time guarding politicians and showing up after the crime (and ticketing bicyclists).

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