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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There was already a recruitment issue. I was at Hagerstown getting my vaccine and drove past a billboard recruiting people to join the MoCo police. They wouldn't need to do that if they had enough recruits in MoCo itself.

I think being a police officer is a tough job. You have to make split-second life-threatening decisions on a daily basis. Is the suspect reaching for his gun or a cellphone? Do you shoot or not? If you get it wrong, you can end up in prison.

Not many jobs out there, especially at that pay level, where a mistake during routine everyday work tasks can end up with you in prison.[/quote]

Daily basis? Please. How many cops end up in prison?

It's a tough job. It's made tougher by all the terrible cops that are impossible to fire. [/quote]

Every day cops are reporting to a domestic violence situation (the riskiest -- tempers are up) or a traffic stop (the second riskiest -- who has a gun under their seat). Cops seem to make the right call 99% of the time, but you make a mistake once and a person is dead and you're in prison.

In my job, if I make a mistake the consequences are minor, and I get paid more than most cops do too. I wouldn't take on a job with that level of risk. Everyone makes mistakes, so I know I'd end up making a mistake and someone may die because of it.[/quote]

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