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Originally Posted by MJM
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.
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Wow. You are right. It sounds exactly like a private sector job in some firm downtown.
Although a degree is still valued with the CPS, they found those with degrees don't necessarily make good cops. So to equate education to salary, at least in the police world doesn't really make sense. The move is towards older applicants with plenty of life experience who can, or at least, have experience resolving conflict.
As you like to use anecdoctal stories, so do I. I know 2 guys that go to work downtown in some financial firm. One got there because his dad pulled some strings the other has a few years in some arts program in university and got there because he was recognized as having a knack for investments decisions. See what I did there?
You mention pensions. Do you have any idea what a cop pays into their pensions every month? More then some mortgages.
You don't seem to set on seeing the other side of the equation. Compensation is not solely based on education.