There is someone worse off than you.

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I finally just needed to say it. Everyone single post on here can't have a valid discussion because some low-life who hates his job wants to moan and complain each and every day.

Folks, I want to remind you that working at Walmart, Subway, O'Reillys and even a nice hotel, all of these jobs top out at $10-11 an hour. And remember, you get no over time.
Also, in North FL, none of the SOs or PDs make over $30-34k. And have the insurance is outrageous for them. I was talking to a deputy who makes $28,000 annually and they ask $1500 a month for insurance from them. Just because in Miami 38k isn't a lot, doesn't mean the other 1600 troopers aren't appreciative of it.

We get payed $38k at minimal, 12-16 hours of SOAR a week, plenty of
208, and excellent insurance and benefits and retirement. And for what? We write tickets, work crashes, and do our sole purpose, traffic enforcement.

We get this, while some deputies are wishing they even got incidental overtime. A lot of SOs refuse to pay OT and give them comp.

Folks, this will be one of the last times I say this. If you don't like it, leave. There are plenty of fresh bodies in the academy for will enjoy it and be happy while working. This is a great agency.
If you don't like it, I'm serious, leave.

There is someone worse off than you.
Bunch of cry babies.

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And those fresh bodies in the academy you constantly speak of, will leave FHP for other higher paying LE agencies once they're trained and certified. Sure folks guy, let's keeping wasting taxpayer's money sending recruits to the academy.

Of course, they'll stick around for 2 years to avoid paying back the training costs and then leave.

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I don’t believe that was the real Folks Guy. Especially how this person ended the post, that’s not the Folks Guy style.

A lot of imitators out there ....

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Well Folks, that was Fake News

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I’m still waiting to see all these fresh “bodies” I keep hearing so much about....

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I don’t believe that was the real Folks Guy. Especially how this person ended the post, that’s not the Folks Guy style.

A lot of imitators out there ....

Good point he usually closes his argument with “write good tickets” so yeah, I call imposter

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Also, in North FL, none of the SOs or PDs make over $30-34k.

I work for a SO in north FL and our starting pay is around $40k. Note that I said starting, as in it goes up from there because we have a step plan. Yes, some of the small rural counties pay around $30k (maybe even less), but by and large most LEOs in this state still make as much as or more than Troopers. Go green!

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I finally just needed to say it. Everyone single post on here can't have a valid discussion because some low-life who hates his job wants to moan and complain each and every day.

Folks, I want to remind you that working at Walmart, Subway, O'Reillys and even a nice hotel, all of these jobs top out at $10-11 an hour. And remember, you get no over time.
Also, in North FL, none of the SOs or PDs make over $30-34k. And have the insurance is outrageous for them. I was talking to a deputy who makes $28,000 annually and they ask $1500 a month for insurance from them. Just because in Miami 38k isn't a lot, doesn't mean the other 1600 troopers aren't appreciative of it.

We get payed $38k at minimal, 12-16 hours of SOAR a week, plenty of
208, and excellent insurance and benefits and retirement. And for what? We write tickets, work crashes, and do our sole purpose, traffic enforcement.

We get this, while some deputies are wishing they even got incidental overtime. A lot of SOs refuse to pay OT and give them comp.

Folks, this will be one of the last times I say this. If you don't like it, leave. There are plenty of fresh bodies in the academy for will enjoy it and be happy while working. This is a great agency.
If you don't like it, I'm serious, leave.

There is someone worse off than you.
Bunch of cry babies.

This is definitely not the "Folks guy". The Folks guy has common sense and the above poster does not.

So the northern SO's make 28,000 annually and pay out 1500 a month on health insurance??? That's just complete BS!

Also, not to mention the above poster has horrible grammar compared to the original. The fact he tries to bait you with Walmart and Subway employees to State Troopers is laughable. It's insane how the hiring process has taken a turn for the worse.

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I work for a SO in north FL and our starting pay is around $40k. Note that I said starting, as in it goes up from there because we have a step plan. Yes, some of the small rural counties pay around $30k (maybe even less), but by and large most LEOs in this state still make as much as or more than Troopers. Go green!

Below is the FDLE reported 2015 starting pay for the below listed Sheriffs Offices.. Many many of them are below FHP starting pay, with no 208 minimal OT and details available. So yes looking at North FL FHP is highly competitive.

Agency County Entry Min Salary
Alachua County Sheriff's Office Alachua $ 36,622
Baker County Sheriff's Office Baker $ 32,034
Bay County Sheriff's Office Bay $ 30,000 $ 35,000
Bradford County Sheriff's Office Bradford $ 28,000
Brevard County Sheriff's Office Brevard $ 36,545
Broward County Sheriff's Office Broward $ 42,304
Charlotte County Sheriff's Office Charlotte $ 39,520
Clay County Sheriff's Office Clay $ 36,075 $ 48,237
Collier County Sheriff's Office Collier $ 43,795
Columbia County Sheriff's Office Columbia $ 33,000
Desoto County Sheriff's Office DeSoto $ 33,469
Flagler County Sheriff's Office Flagler $ 33,012
Franklin County Sheriff's Office Franklin $ 30,000
Gadsden County Sheriff's Office* Gadsden $30,000
Hamilton County Sheriff's Office Hamilton $ 20,000
Hardee County Sheriff's Office Hardee $ 35,000
Hendry County Sheriff's Office Hendry $ 36,000
Hernando County Sheriff's Office Hernando $ 41,194
Highlands County Sheriff's Office Highlands $ 31,796
Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Hillsborough
Holmes County Sheriff's Office Holmes $ 23,000
Indian River County Sheriff's Office $ 38,950
Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Duval $ 31,464
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Jefferson $ 25,000
Lafayette County Sheriff's Office Lafayette $ 28,000
Lake County Sheriff's Office Lake $ 37,485
Lee County Sheriff's Office Lee $ 35,294
Leon County Sheriff's Office Leon $ 36,412
Levy County Sheriff's Office Levy $ 30,000
Liberty County Sheriff's Office Liberty $ 25,000
Madison County Sheriff's Office Madison $ 28,840
Manatee County Sheriff's Office Manatee $ 44,250
Marion County Sheriff's Office Marion $ 32,736
Martin County Sheriff's Office Martin $ 42,120
Monroe County Sheriff's Office Monroe $ 43,911
Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office Okeechobee $34,000
Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office Palm Beach $ 49,632
Pasco County Sheriff's Office Pasco $ 40,987
Pinellas County Sheriff's Office Pinellas $ 45,500
Polk County Sheriff's Office Polk $ 40,459
Putnam County Sheriff's Office Putnam $ 29,120
Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office Santa Rosa $ 31,553
Sarasota County Sheriff's Office Sarasota $ 40,000
Seminole County Sheriff's Office Seminole $ 41,031
St. Johns County Sheriff's Office St. Johns $ 36,050
St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office St. Lucie $ 38,722
Sumter County Sheriff's Office Sumter $ 36,713
Suwannee County Sheriff's Office Suwannee $ 31,000
Taylor County Sheriff's Office Taylor $ 34,385
Union County Sheriff's Office Union $ 27,500
Wakulla County Sheriff's Office Wakulla $ 29,000
Walton County Sheriff's Office Walton $ 30,588

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