[FedCom] Smoke & Mirrors Game!!!

[A10382]

Enough cops to go around...

In major metro areas, most guys bail after 20 or 25 - typically by age 50..
Same goes for military enlisted retirees - there all done and out by age 45.

There are a LOT of retired cops who would gladly work even 20 hours a week
for the $20 per hour the job pays... It supplements their pensions.   Go to
the typical 'retirement' venues like Florida and Arizona.. you'll find lots
of retired cops working at Wall-Mart & Home Depot for a lot less.

The 'new' TSA job should attract some at least thinking folks.  $35,000 is
not  a lot of money in NYC or LA, but it's a wonderful salary for the likes
of Des Moines, Phoenix, or even Orlando.

 ._._.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Handisides" <landsknechte@hotmail.com>
To: <fedcom@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 7:53 PM
Subject: Re: [FedCom] Smoke & Mirrors Game!!!


> > This is a job for a skeptical person with a lot of experience.  My vote
> > would be to hire retired big city police officers.  The only requirement
> is
> > that they have to had worked both patrol (min 10 years) and narcotics or
> > vice (min 5 years)..  Then we would have folks who keep us safe and know
> the
> > difference between an electric shaver and a handgun.
> >
> > And... until ALL the airport workers, including the in-flight food
> stockers,
> > baggage handlers, and maint folks have to go though the same front end
> > security screen, we will continue to have HUGE security holes...
>
> Heck, it would be a massive improvement if the people that were doing the
> screening weren't the lowest paid rung of the entire security industry.
> Increase the pay dramatically, revamp the standards so that they're not
> funneling back the same people that were there before (the KSAs are so
damn
> specific that someone with a few weeks of airport experience would look
> better than a veteran Secret Service agent), and attract a higher standard
> of people.  Make it a job that will attract the far more qualified people
> that are in the upper echelons of private security, armored car, and the
> like.  I agree that it would be great to staff the posts with veteran
cops,
> but are there really enough of them to go around?
>
> --Chris
>
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