Memphis Police Union: Good Pay Equals Good Cops

It has been a bad public relations nightmare for the Memphis Police Department. Mayor A C Wharton says he's had enough of "bad apples" on the police force and wants to make some big changes to the way cops are recruited in Memphis.

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EXC0P - 9/20/2012 5:23 PM

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Oh goody this tired and consistently dis-proven mantra again.

TiredinMemphis - 9/20/2012 4:51 PM

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@ So Haven: Pay and benefits DO come into play. Now the people that were looking here, will go look elsewhere. There are many that have quit and went to work at smaller communities in the mid south for pretty much the same pay, and no where near the work load, or politics. That was unheard of 20 years ago. Memphis was the place to work if you wanted public service. It was tops in the area for Police and Fire. Now it is more appealing for people to look elsewhere.

ricochet1 - 9/20/2012 2:43 PM

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Wish that were true but just look at the Chicago schools. Highest paid teachers in the country with one of the highest failure rates.

So Haven - 9/20/2012 2:41 PM

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The problem is NOT the pay or benefits! The problem is the pool of officers is confined to the Memphis area. The police force is simply a reflection of the society from where they originate.

TiredinMemphis - 9/20/2012 12:55 PM

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It's not just Police, it is Fire too. So much has been made of trying to fill race or sex quotas for new hires, worrying about where people live. Over the years, they have watered down requirements to fit their need, and have hired "all comers", as long as they got their numbers the way they wanted them. Now, from all the discipline problems, and poor decisions being made, you see the result of those decisions. Too many people treating police and fire as just any other job, and just coming to work to get a paycheck. Being a Cop or a Firefighter is not "just any job". It is not "What you do", it is "Who you are". Someone is not going to go that extra mile, whether it be staring down the business end of a gun barrel, or running into a burning building for 50K a year. Those that do it, will do it because it is who they are, and because they are doing what they love. Someone that loves what they do, and are doing it because they WANT to, are not going to embarrass themselves, or their department with the boneheaded things you see going on lately. It goes back to the old saying.. You get what you pay for.

Ritalou - 9/20/2012 12:31 PM

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Better MORALS would make better cops, you now have a police force of people that does as little as possible to do their job, because they all know nothing will happen if they don't. They don't enforce the laws now and then the City Counsel beleive that passing more laws will solve the problem, also several years ago the city decided that longer forms and more info was needed on reports that had worked for 20 years putting more on the officers, now you have people that don't enforce the law so they don't have to fill out millions of pages of reports. CHANGE IS NEEDED WITH THE WAY THE FORCE IS RUN, NOT CHANGING THE PEOPLE THAT RUN IT............