Balton Rouge shooting.

[Papewaio]

It was tongue in cheek about the tipping after all it seems that is what is expected for good service.

The issue is, are police in the U.S. well paid, trained and respected? Or is the pay and respect so bad that the good ones have better options.

[Fragony]

It was tongue in cheek about the tipping after all it seems that is what is expected for good service.

The issue is, are police in the U.S. well paid, trained and respected? Or is the pay and respect so bad that the good ones have better options.

In the Netherlands all of that. Police isn't hated but not respected either, their work is pretty futile, if they catch someone for small crimes like burglary or robbery they have to let them go almost immediatly, some minor criminals they have caught over 50 times. A lot of cops are at home with a burnout

[Hooahguy]

This incident from yesterday isnt helping the rhetoric. A cop shot a black man who was lying on the ground with his hands up. When asked why he shot the man, the cop answered "I dont know." I think cops in the US need more training.

[Husar]

Well, I said so before:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/0...n_7709638.html

“In the US, police training lasts on average 19 weeks,” she writes, while “in much of Europe that would be unthinkable. In Germany, for example, police train for at least 130 weeks.

You kind of get what you pay for. Yay for low taxes!

[Seamus Fermanagh]

It was tongue in cheek about the tipping after all it seems that is what is expected for good service.

The issue is, are police in the U.S. well paid, trained and respected? Or is the pay and respect so bad that the good ones have better options.

Good but not great pay; excellent pension percentages of that pay in retirement; early retirement (most after 20 years and after age 55); training varies, with the larger urban departments often well funded and trained. Police (when not working speeding traps) are generally respected by most working class and middle class Americans. Urban underclass does not respect them and our politician and professional class publicly proclaim respect for them, but consider the job a bit "declasse" and would not want their own children so employed.