Sate cop in La. earned 250,000 last year....seriously , 18 Ma. state cops got busted for filing for OT when they weren’t there....9 retired and the others are having their status reviewed....public pay scales are way out of line cut from the top down on cash and jail medical fraudsters and most importantly TORT REFORM...they are the real reason.
I am all for cops and first responders/Firemen getting good pay but some states like Mexifornia pay way too much and offer far too extravagant pensions that can not be sustained by the state taxes and I have no doubt that federal funds get funneled to pay for it.
Members of public sector unions play this little game where they selectively call off work and force the employer to pay their buddies overtime. Then the buddies return the favor the following month.
Transit drivers in Pittsburgh have been caught doing it several times.