Jeremy G

Less then half of police make $100,000. But that is because they only have 4 years of experience. Most people spend the first 4 years of there career in university costing them thousands. OPP will be at $89,000 for someone that has 4 years of work experience. All OPP police officers are getting a 8.5% raise in there salary in 2014 because they have a clause which says they have to be the highest paid police officers. Once you get 5- 10 years under your belt the police will easily be making $100,000 for a job that requires grade 12 education and 4 months of paid training. That being said most police officers being hired have college or university degrees. Here is a link to RCMP salaries- http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/recruiting-recrutement/rm-mr/rates-taux-eng.htm Sergeants $98,000 Staff Sergeants $106,000 Inspector $126,000 6% of the population in Canada make over $100,000 a year. When you are a public servant and you make more money then 94% of the population which pays your salary it should be considered an outrage. On top of that you have a guaranteed pension which is only partially funded by the worker. I have no problem with business owners making large amounts of money. Entrepreneur's are the real hero's. They risk everything to start a business and work 70-80 hours a week. They are the life blood of the economy and create all the jobs that pay your salaries. They have no safety net or guaranties. As far as being a dangerous career it is not. The facts just don't back it up. I was looking to see what rate the police pay for WSIB but I can not find it on the list. Here is a link to what works pay for WSIB. The higher the rate the more dangerous the job. http://www.wsib.on.ca/en/community/WSIB/230/ArticleDetail/24338?vgnextoid=002c768461e8a310VgnVCM100000469c710aRCRD My father inlaw was a police officer in Metro. He retired in 2004. Worked his entire 30 year career and earned less then $80,000. He is shocked at what they are earning now. The main reason municipal and regional works salaries have increased so much is because low interest rates has artificially raised home prices. The inflated home prices increased tax revenue and regional budgets. The majority of this increase went to staff salaries. The problem is there is no catalyst to increase house prices in the future. If house prices fall we will not be able to reduce staff salaries. Are only option will be to reduce the number of staff. We face a giant challenge and I do not know what we can do to change things or lower salaries, but something needs to be done. Jeremy Gibson