TPD Jump

Unregistered · 08-02-2018, 12:39 AM

If you had the opportunity to jump ship, why would you? If you could go to TPD, what would give you reason to go work for the city?

Considering jumping ship and begin new endeavors.

Unregistered · 08-02-2018, 12:53 AM

Originally Posted by Unregistered

If you had the opportunity to jump ship, why would you? If you could go to TPD, what would give you reason to go work for the city?

Considering jumping ship and begin new endeavors.

If they'd give me credit for all the years I've worked here, towards their pension... BUH BYE!!!

Unregistered · 08-02-2018, 05:24 AM

This has been covered a lot on leo affairs. The many advantages TPD has over HCSO. Anyone who only has 5 years or less at HCSO it should be a no brainer as you can buy back up to 5 years towards your pension at TPD and it would be like you had been at TPD the entire time.

-HCSO has FRS with a 30 year minimum to retire 57 years of age before you can collect if you are vested with a 3% multiplier per year. TPD has a 20 year minimum, 47 years old to collect if your vested with a 3.15% Multiplier.

- MPO at TPD (no test needed, just 10 years of service) maxes out at $43.05 an hour or $89,550 for 2080 patrol hours a year. Top Deputy Pay maxes out $36.92 an hour or $80,633 for 2184 hours a year of patrol (would be $76,793 a year at a 2080 hours a year schedule like TPD has). HCSOs biggest money comes in the last two steps where at TPD the steps are even raises all the way along, for example a step 5 at TPD is $31.75 st HCSO it’s only $25.58 so throughout your climb to max pay you will make more money at TPD.

- People at HCSO think they get more money in their pocket because they don’t pay the mount TPD pays into pension but TPD only pays 9.95% into pension and pays nothing into social security. HCSO pays 6.2% social security and 3% into FRS. So TPD makes almost 20% more an hour but pays only about 1% more than HCSO into retirement accounts. The extra .15 múltipler and higher pay than can go into deffered Comp can make up for no social security if it’s even around in 30 years. TPD has higher specialty pays, 3 hr min pay for any court appearance, shift differential, and many more pay perks. free health insurance for single officers.

- Union vs no union. TPD has the PBA. If you get in trouble you get benched on admin duty with full pay until you go through all the steps for some people it could be months and if ends with you getting fired you still have representation to go through arbitration to try and get your job back. HCSO will fire you in the first 5 minutes, lets you sit without pay for months and it’s up to their mercy alone whether you could ever come back.

- Man power: TPD has 2.7 officers per 1000 citizens. HCSO has around 1.3. Effectively TPD has double the manpower on the road with full 10 person squads for days, evenings, and midnights in a smaller geographical area which means the work load is better spread and you ALWAYS have back up.

- GEar, HCSO wins this hands down, nicer cars and gear, but in my opinion you can keep your nicer car, I’ll taker everything listed above. tPD is starting to catch up with new explorers coming out faster.

I can go on for days with more reAsons why TPD is better than HCSO but it’s really your responsibility to do the research and make the decision that’s best for you.