▲ 381 ▼ Entire police department in Minnesota resigns (www.nbcnews.com) submitted 3 years ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 116 comments fedilink hide all child comments The Goodhue Police Department resigned due to issues with the city's pay, Mayor Ellen Anderson Buck said at a city council meeting Monday.
[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) Police make hundreds of thousands of dollars with overtime in many places even low level officers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] spongebue@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Source? Is this really a common enough thing, or just an edge case? How much overtime is required? What about the $20-something/hour mentioned in the article? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AA5B@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) This is a problem in Massachusetts, because we require officers for every road construction project, instead of flaggers, but I also thought this was an exception permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] steltek@lemm.ee 4 points 3 years ago The real problem in Massachusetts is that the Staties were getting paid OT for traffic details when they were actually asleep in bed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Source? Is this really a common enough thing, or just an edge case? How much overtime is required? What about the $20-something/hour mentioned in the article? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AA5B@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) This is a problem in Massachusetts, because we require officers for every road construction project, instead of flaggers, but I also thought this was an exception permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] steltek@lemm.ee 4 points 3 years ago The real problem in Massachusetts is that the Staties were getting paid OT for traffic details when they were actually asleep in bed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) This is a problem in Massachusetts, because we require officers for every road construction project, instead of flaggers, but I also thought this was an exception permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] steltek@lemm.ee 4 points 3 years ago The real problem in Massachusetts is that the Staties were getting paid OT for traffic details when they were actually asleep in bed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] steltek@lemm.ee 4 points 3 years ago The real problem in Massachusetts is that the Staties were getting paid OT for traffic details when they were actually asleep in bed. permalink fedilink source parent