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I assume they'll move to "See, this is why we need more money." and since the average American is as gullible as a food obsessed schnauzer, it'll be fine.  

Ragtimer wrote:What if corrupt police departments purposely operated poorly and let criminals "get away" so that they could leverage the artificially high crime rates to get more funding, which is then spent on the top guys' special interests?
I'm not saying that's happening in SLMPD, just something that occurred to me while reading this thread. Also, for the record, I do support police but just wonder if this type of corruption exists in any departments.

No. The problem has far more to do with the fact police, especially the younger they are, do not get paid a meaningfully competitive salary compared to other career-based professional jobs.

In St. Louis' case, not only is the salary fairly low for a pretty rigorous job, but the fact it's nationally seen as a rigorous position where they get tons of experience makes them more attractive to other departments or security jobs. Why go another 15 years as a cop in STL when you can get a higher salary as the head of security at a high school? Stuff like that. So as a result, those that stay around for a long time are either in it because they feel a greater calling than just money or this is the best job they can get.

On top of that, STL doesn't require any college education and no PD in the US requires education in the field police actually work in, they insist the academy covers it when it actually doesn't. For comparison, in Germany, police are required to get a 4 year "policing" degree while in some parts of the US, you can technically become a cop at 18.

The problems with inept law enforcement is a real issue and it's not a nefarious conspiracy or anything.

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