EMS employee addresses Metro Council about contract dispute

I agree with alot.... but it doesn't matter if EMS, CORRECTIONS, METROSAFE etc.....are 100% staffeed..... if one calls in sick, injured, school, vacation etc.... it has to be filled with OT. I agree its CHEAPER to pay OT than a new employee with benefits... bht when all public safety folms are woefully underpaid, then the ot is nice... A current 40 years police officer in Traffic has a basepay of $55,557....police in cities our size and many smaller make than in basepay in less than five years!!!!!

Its not just the city that has underpaid employees. The state also has under paid employees. Look at some of the pay grades for those ...........

Beats, bounderies, car numbers, it's all Bullsh^t. This city is covered by about 80 t0 100 officers on any given day per shift out of 1100. To me something is really wrong. Patrol is understaffed but the upper command could give a sh&t less. 1 person on a beat during a shift is asking for trouble but no one seems to care. Not only is this dept playing with a loaded gun but also with officers lives. This knee jerk outfit we work for will do nothing about the shortages until someone gets killed and the media finds out there was 7 people working that day on a shift trying to take care of business. This I'll get you a backup when someone comes available dispatch BULLSH$T needs to stop. It ain't no fun walking into a dangerous situation by yourself, (been there done that.) Patrol should be fully staffed before any other dept. they are the ones taking care of active business around the clock, not the ones sitting in a office. If this ruffles a few feathers tough shi%. It the way it is and sometimes the truth hurts.