[jolinar of malkshor]

Originally Posted by MJM

So let me get this straight, we should throw aside educational requirments because they have high-stress jobs, are registered (to carry a gun), their decisions are constantly being scrutinized, have to make spur of the moment decisions, are relied upon by others........

Sound to me like any financial job in industry or at any of the firms or banks downtown. Only difference is most of the people in those positions have 4-8 years of post-secondary education, worked for peanuts for years (30K) to put themselves in a good financial position, have no pension, and next to no union support should they actually make an error. Sure these people don't have to carry a gun, but they have to maintain their status in certain professional organizations which are no walk in the park to maintain.

Wow, there's competition for police jobs..... Welcome to the real world. Ask any of the U of C students who graduated in the past 3 years how hard it was for them to get a job, assuming they have a job because most of them don't. The competition for the CPS Is nowhere near as fierce as you want people to believe either. I know of two relatively recent additions to the CPS. One has no education, the other has some in a completely unrelated field. Their prior work experience was as a night security guard. Can you imagine going to Nexen downtown and saying, " Hey, I have my high school degree, a couple of college classes, and limited work experience" and them giving you a 60K year job plus benefits? We just went through a pile of resumes, to interview 20 university grads to fill 4 positions. All of these people had to maintain a B average at minimum to even be looked at. That's competition.

I have no problem with Cops with say 10-15 years experience maxing out at 80K, or paying detective a premiums, but some of the guidelines posted above for constables is ridiculous with consideration of their pension benefits and the fact that they will be increased so quickly over a 5 year span.

No matter what I or anyone else says, I can tell you just wont get it. The only way you would is if you actually worked the job. So we will both just carry on our own way.