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Re:San Francisco Police Department: Duties, Salary and Benefits by nessup on Sunday March 30, 2014 @03:02PM (#7497367)
Police officers put their personal safety on the line daily. I think this compensation is adequate.
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Re:San Francisco Police Department: Duties, Salary and Benefits by dannypgh on Sunday March 30, 2014 @03:07PM (#7497408)
So do quite a lot of other people. Consider the rates of fatal injuries and salaries at http://www.businessinsider.com/most-dangerous-jobs-in-americ...
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Re:San Francisco Police Department: Duties, Salary and Benefits by FireBeyond on Monday March 31, 2014 @02:39AM (#7500010)
Safety makes a huge difference. It is so ingrained into firefighter culture such that despite the risks of this profession, it doesn’t rate as one of the most dangerous jobs (although overall it’s much higher than would seem to be the case - 44 fatalities would put it on this chart, but for the large numbers of volunteer firefighters in remote areas that rarely see a call).
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Re:San Francisco Police Department: Duties, Salary and Benefits by tgraham on Sunday March 30, 2014 @03:04PM (#7497381)
I wonder how it compares to other 'public' sector roles that are less unionised - e.g. nursing. Do they earn 100k a year?
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