can i get an amen

Strange, I make more money now than i did as a "real cop", as you put it. Why is that? Could it be an involvement in an investment program now or better committment to finances? It's all about how you spend according to what you make. If you make 80k yet have to spend 81k to live, you are poor! Living within your means decides if yuo are comfortable or not. We all make a choice on what we choose to do. Noone is forced to do a CPO's job or a LEO's job. That's the problem, you look at it as a "job", not a service. Until you are "service" oriented, you will not be happy at anything you do, no matter the salary. Thus endeth the sermon.

well i would do better with making 50 plus as a cop. i make under 40k well i mean under 38k and i have to drive my own car and get no o/t that stinks. we have no way to get ahead no step pay plan which is crazy.