They do, in some places. I recall the ten highest-paid government employees (not elected) in Massachusetts are cops.Cops should be making 6 figures just as entry pay plus pensions plus 12 weeks paid vacation. They've always been severely underpaid.
It's good bay, GREAT benefits, and the ability to retire early with a fat pension. Hell, if I had good knees and no morals I'd have done it in a heartbeat.Only an idiot would want to be a police officer. In my town they have billboards up with some kind of theme like, "It starts with you". What a pile of crap. Nothing starts with the police. When they do their jobs the loony left let the criminals right back out on the streets.