You’re right, but the parts you’ve picked are misleading. Minimums are normal for a lot of gig work.
Those officers are paid $107 an hour, but payroll is handled by the city.
This is in reference to the “buyback” program, where neighborhoods or organizations can pay for extra on-duty patrols. The off-duty private security payroll isn’t handled by the city.
The bigger issues that stood out to me:
MPD officers would usually sit in their squad cars, fully uniformed
Gordon said running a business using city resources — uniforms, guns, squad cars — without city management, should be considered a violation of the city ethics code, even though the city explicitly allows it, even paying insurance for off-duty work.
I don’t have a problem with any public official doing any kind of side work, as long as it doesn’t affect their job, and they aren’t using government resources to do it. Every job I’ve had has said you can moonlight, but you can’t use company resources or use the company name to imply any kind of endorsement. But clearly that’s not what’s happening here. This is absolutely a protection racket.
You’re right, but the parts you’ve picked are misleading. Minimums are normal for a lot of gig work.
I was primarily marveling how high the pay rates were, and that business owners essentially have to pay the cops whatever they want. The minimums don’t seem particularly outrageous given that the cops reportedly don’t really do anything when they are there.
You’re right, but the parts you’ve picked are misleading. Minimums are normal for a lot of gig work.
This is in reference to the “buyback” program, where neighborhoods or organizations can pay for extra on-duty patrols. The off-duty private security payroll isn’t handled by the city.
The bigger issues that stood out to me:
I don’t have a problem with any public official doing any kind of side work, as long as it doesn’t affect their job, and they aren’t using government resources to do it. Every job I’ve had has said you can moonlight, but you can’t use company resources or use the company name to imply any kind of endorsement. But clearly that’s not what’s happening here. This is absolutely a protection racket.
I was primarily marveling how high the pay rates were, and that business owners essentially have to pay the cops whatever they want. The minimums don’t seem particularly outrageous given that the cops reportedly don’t really do anything when they are there.
Yep. Upon reading the title, my first thought was, “Nice business you have here. Be a shame if anything happened to it.”
The only difference is “It would be a shame if we didn’t show up when something happens.”
I agree but it’s already that they don’t.