This morning michael libby wrote-- How about stricter controls around outside employment, especially the part where officers drive patrol vehicles and wear their uniforms when engaged in what is essentially private business? The police already have demanding jobs, but then we subsidize their additional income at jobs which probably just add to their overall stress levels. Why not at least make sure that when they have outside work that we don't encourage such work to be as much like their "day" jobs as possible?
I hear often how stressful police work is, yet instead of finding these officers outside employment that might actually be a good diversion or help them decompress a little, they heap more of the same on top. And again, the additional bonus of getting to wear the uniform and drive a city car is a public subsidy of a job which may be impacting their full-time job in our employ. ----------------------------------------- What I'd like to know is why officers are taking outside employment in the first place. Are their wages so low that they need the extra work? Have they put themselves in a financial position that they need the extra work to stay afloat? It seems from Michael's post that outside employment for policemen is a given. How did that come about? Just trying to understand. Cindy Lindau Tip o' the Wedge _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
