Does it matter how much there payed?!!!???!!!!!!!! they are protecting your life!!! there the ones putting there life on the line every day!! they should have a base pay of 100,000... what would you value your life AT? i HOPE ITS NOT CHEAP! POLICE,FIRE,EMS,CORRECTIONS SHOULD HAVE THE HIGHEST PAY IN AMERICA!! THERE THE REAL HOMETOWN HEROS! DONT THEY DESERVE IT? YES INDEED