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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Putting the police, fire department, paramedics and nurses on an incentive based pay, would be incredibly dumb.
Cops would get sloppy, because they would be in a rush to close cases with convictions. How long before someone with a debt load starts manufacturing evidence.
Or a traffic cop starts smashing brake lights?
Or a detective starts manufacturing busts.
Or a cop refuses to further investigate minor crimes because it contributes to his areas crime rate.
Or a paramedic reduces the emergency drug use to a patient because it increases his shift costs.
There's a reason why these guys don't have incentive based pay.
If you look at the article about the higher paid detectives, they have the experience and the expertise that requires them to work those type of hours.
If you look at the constable, its because Cops are on call and needed.
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I'm not even for a bonus plan. Someone just mentioned here that the office workers get bonus plans, and i'm pointing out they are for tangible results. Not just accumulating as many hours as one possible can at time and a half.
I'm all for telling them there's no more OT unless specifically required (Like a detective), and hiring more frontline officers to fill those shifts at a lower cost. Even if the city gave every officer a 5k pay raise to compensate for no overtime and bonus, they'd still be miles ahead given over 25% of their staff is already making over $100,000 because of OT.