The Goodhue City Council held a meeting on Monday to discuss options for police coverage following the entire department's resignation.

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

  • Discoslugs
    42•1 year ago

    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
      9•1 year ago

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

      • @negativeyoda@lemmy.world
        2•1 year ago

        Yeah, except I know plenty of people who have gone into policing bright eyed and idealistic. Your coworkers are regular police who reinforce every bad thing you hear about.

        None of those people in question lasted

    • @books@lemmy.world
      1•1 year ago

      I mean in fairness, our local McDonald’s is paying 16-18 an hour… So getting 22 to do a job that most people wouldn’t want to do and forces you to deal with people you’d normally try to avoid, doesn’t sound like a hard ask.

      • Discoslugs
        4•1 year ago

        So getting 22 to do a job that most people wouldn’t want to do and forces you to deal with people you’d normally try to avoid

        Are you talking about working at mcdonalds or being a cop?