WhiskeyTigerFoxtrot t1_j2aounx wrote
Reply to comment by Biogeopaleochem in ABC News: "Washington, DC, records back-to-back years with 200 murders for 1st time in nearly 20 years" by Swampoodle1984
Know what makes way more money than sporadic parking tickets? Safe neighborhoods. Businesses don't move into or operate in places with high crime.
There's 100% an economic incentive to solving murders, if you want to be a cynic and focus purely on the finances of it. There's also that whole, you know, justice thing.
damnatio_memoriae t1_j2aqj0x wrote
you're thinking long-term. we don't do that in this country.
darthjoey91 t1_j2arrkk wrote
But the money from safe neighborhoods doesn’t go directly to individual cops’ bonuses.
WhiskeyTigerFoxtrot t1_j2atmbn wrote
...huh? How do you think police "bonuses" and compensation work? They don't get paid more money for writing more parking tickets...
Most officers are lucky to get a desk toy and a $20 gift card for Christmas as a "bonus." Bonuses generally come either as a sign-on bonus to attract new officers (something we desperately need as incentive since the media demonizes cops and makes it unappealing) or for completing certifications. LAPD for example gives you a bonus for being a Spanish speaker. You can earn a bonus by being marksman certified or bomb squad or having another unique skill.
You're just regurgitating ACAB rhetoric because it aligns with the zeitgeist we're in right now.
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