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The Goodhue Police Department resigned due to issues with the city's pay, Mayor Ellen Anderson Buck said at a city council meeting Monday.

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[–] GhostsAreShitty@lemmy.world 122 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Now who's going to harass brown people and shoot dogs?

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 18 points 2 years ago (13 children)

Yeah, but who's gonna protect the citizens now from all the thugs and gang bangers? Now that they're jobless, the ex-police are gonna have way more time to harass brown people and shoot dogs without the constant need to fill out use-of-force reports.

[–] mashbooq@infosec.pub 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The police are the thugs and gang bangers; now they'll have to do their harassment without the sanction of the law behind them

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

What law? Didn't you hear? All dem good apples up and left cuz the city wouldn't concede to their good-apple extortion.

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[–] mojo@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Dw the meth head down the street has you covered

[–] GhostsAreShitty@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Especially now that he's unemployed

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 59 points 2 years ago

And nothing of value was lost.

[–] moody@lemmings.world 56 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I generally agree with the ACAB sentiment, but they were being paid $22 an hour which is a pittance. I wouldn't do the job for that salary either.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Pay depends on the area, if everyone else is making 13 then 22 is a kings salary. Should it work that way at this point? No but it does and being a cop statistically is less dangerous than my job.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The article complains similar small towns were offering $30/hr

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[–] Discoslugs@lemmy.world 47 points 2 years ago (4 children)

So right now with our current — trying to hire at $22 an hour, you're never going to see another person again walk through those doors. That's it," Smith said. "Unless you guys do a dramatic change."

Smith stressed the urgency of the matter and said smaller police departments he has looked into pay at least $30 an hour.

I wonder if these cops support raising the minimum wage.

[–] ineedaunion@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'd be a cop for that. A good one that doesn't just look for reasons to murder.

[–] sucricdrawkcab@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

You mean actual community policing?

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[–] Rom@lemm.ee 43 points 2 years ago

Finally, a city with good police.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nobody wants to work anymore.

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[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago (22 children)

FUCK EMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

You're free. Do something other than police. You kinda have to, now.

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[–] exohuman@programming.dev 29 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Part of the reason we have issues with the police force and their policing is that they aren’t treated like professionals and held to professional standards. We need to pay them like the professionals too, even if that means we hire less.

[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Police make hundreds of thousands of dollars with overtime in many places even low level officers.

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[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 22 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Contract out with the county. A city of 1000 does not need a full time officer let alone two full time ones and five part time officers.

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[–] ScrollinMyDayAway@lemm.ee 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So having resigned (quit) they are not eligible for unemployment, I assume.

[–] brcl@artemis.camp 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I would not assume anything when it comes to unemployment. I’ve seen it awarded in all sorts of circumstances, including during a resignation.

[–] HooPhuckenKarez@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

I have quit and collected more than once.

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[–] rez_doggie@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

Those pigs just needed to pull harder on those boot straps

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Brb, moving to Goodhue, Minnesota

[–] MaxPow3r11@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

Good.

Now the rest of police

from all departments

need to just do the same

and we'll be good.

[–] BobVersionFour@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] kttnpunk@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Beats a racist with a power complex anyday. Although there is a significantly higher overlap than you'd think.

[–] Catasaur@lemmy.catasaur.xyz 8 points 2 years ago

Nice, now do all other police departments in the nation.

Also, the absolute chads over in Powderhorn don't call the cops anyway, so they will be unaffected.

[–] _wintermute@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

In other news spirits are soaring in Goodhue, Minnesota.

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