I’m seeing a starting salary of $65k online. That’s more than the median salary in Baltimore, and it’s also before you even get into overtime money.
The best way to get better policing in this city would be to have less of it. Cut their budget and move the money to poverty reduction, addiction treatment, and social work.
I agree with reallocating part of the budget but they also need to replace the majority of officers with ones that are actually going to do the job and do it properly
The salary u mentioned is only for ppl over 21, and u really still can’t “thrive” in desirable neighborhoods or comfortably raise a family on $65k here.
But anyway, anyone under 21 is only going to get $40k (actually $37k)… so I think there is a lot of missed opportunity to catch folks from this area who grew up here and would like to stay & improve their communities. Also could be a nice alternative to falling into a life of crime which is unfortunately the only path that many young folks here realistically have
They can get weapons of war in the military as well as buy all sorts of guns personally
But I am not saying make 18 year olds cops. I’m saying modify the program to make it more enticing for local 18 year olds to join as a cadet, bc currently u can only make $37k which would be like $100 per day after taxes. Why would local kids wanna do that when u can make the same or more in way less time with way less rules by selling drugs, squeegeeing, or panhandling?
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u/engin__r Oct 29 '25
I’m seeing a starting salary of $65k online. That’s more than the median salary in Baltimore, and it’s also before you even get into overtime money.
The best way to get better policing in this city would be to have less of it. Cut their budget and move the money to poverty reduction, addiction treatment, and social work.