We are getting cruiser pretty quick, after 3-6 months in most cases. Which is pretty good. When I first came on it took almost 3 years to get one. The pay is not great. I heard that Lex PD has got some good raises the past few years. We just got a new 4 year deal and it is OK. The benefits are good but the pay is still way below other departments the size of LMPD. But as long as we have the same mayor we won't get much.

Given the economy, with the layoffs at Ford and G.E. my job looks pretty good.

As far as teachers are concerned they are not any better than we are. My wife was in the classroom for 10 years and has been the Librarian for 2. There is no way I would put up the garbage she does and she is in one of the nicer schools here in The Ville. A lot of officers are moving out of county so they can send their children to another school system other than Jefferson Co.

What do you do? Teach the kids right from wrong and take them fishing and pray that they get hooked on it instead of dope.