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Jul 12, 2020, 5 tweets

Conservatives are always going off about teachers' unions...

Imagine if teachers started at $83k and after 4.5 yrs made a guaranteed six-figures *regardless of performance*.
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#seattleprotests #DefundSPD #DefundPolice

Avg. total cost for a patrol officer = ~$150k incl. benefits

Benefits = 31%

Avg salary = $103.5k

Seattle median *household* income = $93.5

Not even factoring in overtime (which can equal $10k-100k), a single officer makes 11% more than avg household in the city
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Qualifications

A teacher:
Bachelor's degree or higher + cert + experience

A cop:
High school diploma/GED + run 1.5 miles in under 16 minutes & do 20 push-ups

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Side note about overtime.

The pay scale says "3-hour minimum" for court appearances & off-duty callouts.

So that means that if they have to show up at court for an hr, they get paid out for 3 at time-and-a-half

Partially explains how a patrol officer made 400k last yr

Extra info about "longevity pay."

Most of the patrol officers I observed scrolling thru openpayrolls appeared to be making in the range of $53-60/hr

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