Cops are asked to do too many jobs.
There are not enough social workers in this country, and the government doesn't hire enough therapists for the people who really need one but can't afford one. All that makes policing harder than it needs to be.

I'd be all for paying cops more, but it's not going to happen.
Not that they don't deserve it. Many do. Not that the local governments couldn't find the money. Most could. The issue is deeper.

Every time there is ever any kind of negative story about the police, what do you hear? F.O.P. has his back. Union has his back. He stays on the job. The police won't police their own and they make life difficult for anyone who tries to do it for them. Tear all that down, wait a few years, the public might be on board for a "pay cops more" type campaign.

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