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Originally Posted by ronmcdon

Cops out here get paid pretty well, at least 50k before taxes. I really think the dept needs to up their standards as far as education goes, maybe at least require 1-2yrs in college. There are many college graduates barely holding a job that makes $30k these days. Policing is a serious matter. I'd rather they hire more liberal arts majors than teens barely out of high school.

College proves nothing except that you took X number of years of college, not that you absorbed anything because honestly our college system is so money hungry its rediculous. Half of college students will be in debt their entire lives just to pay off student loans just for a bachelors degree, what reason do you need a college degree to become a police officer? Granted there are plenty of douchebag cops out there but I know plenty of great ones and believe it or not its not some uber technical field that you need a degree for, hell i fix helicopters in the military, yet officers(the ones with the degrees) always end up breaking shit or not knowing shit because they didn't use common sense and use it in their checklist. And last time i checked to be a police officer in L.A. County you have to be at least 20 1/2 with prior military or college to even get looked at most of the time.