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jojammin t1_ixjo48b wrote

Reply to comment by DeliMcPickles in Maryland's largest Christmas parade at risk of being postponed by Skontradiction

If only there was some way they could use $500 million to hire more cops... If only there was $ome way to incentivize people to do become police officer$...

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DeliMcPickles t1_ixjy463 wrote

They have the money to hire them and the highest pay in the state. Incentives for residency and college.

No one wants this job anymore. It's an issue everywhere, not just here.

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jojammin t1_ixjyr4d wrote

...keep raising the starting salary until people take the job. That's how the labor market works

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DeliMcPickles t1_ixk1j3e wrote

I mean it takes years because of labor contracts.

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