June 25, 2009

Getting Paid for Going to School

In an earlier piece, I noted people seeking to become Tulsa cops get paid over $3,300 a month while attending the academy. Annualized, that's a salary of about 40 grand a year. I'm afraid I have a problem with that.

What is a police academy? Well, I reckon it's a cop school. It's a place where cop candidates go to learn how to be cops.

What is a law school? Well, I reckon that's a place where people that want to be lawyers go to learn how to be lawyers.

Do people get paid for going to law school? Nope. Quite the opposite, in fact. People pay through the nose to go to law school.

So why should people get paid for going to cop school?


Posted 9 months, 5 days ago on June 25, 2009
Re: Getting Paid for Going to School
i think the police academy is similar to boot camp for the armed services. soldiers, marines, etc..get paid while they are being trained to be soliders, marines, etc...although not much.

should police academy cadets get paid for going through training. should they get paid 40K a year? i don't think so.
Posted 9 months, 1 day ago by otter • @ • www • Reply

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