The average LMPD officer has a maybe few years of college at most and makes about $45,000 to $50,000 a year. Go find another job in this city that will pay a non-college graduate that kind of money and isn't being downsized out of existence. Most of the people with degrees on the department aren't exactly the sharpest saws in the shed, so go figure as to why they're not working someplace that pays better. Those complaining about being paid so little to put their life on the line may be right, but