Bowling Green's starting salary for recruits is $5200 more per year than LMPD. KSP pays recruits $2500 per year more to live in the country where it's much cheaper. Indianapolis pays $15,000 per year more than LMPD for officers with a couple years on. Those 1% and 2% raises have not allowed LMPD to stay competitive since merger. Then there's having to work for people who have no idea what they're doing.
Bowling Green's starting salary for recruits is $5200 more per year than LMPD. KSP pays recruits $2500 per year more to live in the country where it's much cheaper. Indianapolis pays $15,000 per year more than LMPD for officers with a couple years on. Those 1% and 2% raises have not allowed LMPD to stay competitive since merger. Then there's having to work for people who have no idea what they're doing.