http://www.dr5.org/i-should-have-been-a-police-officer-in-vallejo-california/ Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:09:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.dr5.org/i-should-have-been-a-police-officer-in-vallejo-california/comment-page-1/#comment-1319 Mick Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:17:38 +0000 http://www.dr5.org/?p=1861#comment-1319 I was a detective in Michigan and several years ago, I had contact with a detective in Redwood City, also in the Bay area. We spoke several times and one day he told me that day was his last in Redwood City. He said he had to quit because his commute of an hour and a half each way was too much to put up with. The high real estate prices in the area caused this. So, if your city is pricy, and you want police, fire, etc, you have to pay for it. From what I read, Vallejo pays its sergeants, lieutenants and captains, way too much. There should not be such a wide gap. But the bottom line is, if the community is expensive to live in, you have to increase salaries to attract people to perform those types of jobs. I was a detective in Michigan and several years ago, I had contact with a detective in Redwood City, also in the Bay area. We spoke several times and one day he told me that day was his last in Redwood City. He said he had to quit because his commute of an hour and a half each way was too much to put up with. The high real estate prices in the area caused this. So, if your city is pricy, and you want police, fire, etc, you have to pay for it. From what I read, Vallejo pays its sergeants, lieutenants and captains, way too much. There should not be such a wide gap. But the bottom line is, if the community is expensive to live in, you have to increase salaries to attract people to perform those types of jobs.

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