Eleanor_A wrote:
I'm really glad this article was posted. I have no idea what JC police make but I am FLOORED by their personal vehicles.

In the past two months, I've driven by construction/road work and there's always a JC cop around. I saw one sitting in his Mercedes SUV. I saw another one getting something out of his completely tricked-out Hummer and another sitting in a Cadillac Escalade.

I do realize that police put their lives on the line and are important and all, but since when did being a police officer replace being in "waste management?"

My property taxes went up $588. I'm unemployed and it's getting increasingly difficult to make ends meet. I have to be honest, it pisses me off when I see a cop at a construction site sitting on his ass in a luxury vehicle.

Eleanor_A wrote:
I'm really glad this article was posted. I have no idea what JC police make but I am FLOORED by their personal vehicles.

In the past two months, I've driven by construction/road work and there's always a JC cop around. I saw one sitting in his Mercedes SUV. I saw another one getting something out of his completely tricked-out Hummer and another sitting in a Cadillac Escalade.

I do realize that police put their lives on the line and are important and all, but since when did being a police officer replace being in "waste management?"

My property taxes went up $588. I'm unemployed and it's getting increasingly difficult to make ends meet. I have to be honest, it pisses me off when I see a cop at a construction site sitting on his ass in a luxury vehicle.

Charon wrote:
If you really want to know why this City is in desperate fiscal shape file an Open Public Records request and see how much the City is paying out to the retiring cops and firemen. It's shocking.

brewster wrote:
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brobdingnag wrote:
What does anyone care what someone else spends his money on? Maybe he lives out of the back of that suv because he cant afford a brownstone near Hamilton Park.

Because that cop is OUR employee whose union boohoos every contract negotiation about how the cops can't put food on the table.

brobdingnag wrote:
What does anyone care what someone else spends his money on? Maybe he lives out of the back of that suv because he cant afford a brownstone near Hamilton Park.

Eleanor_A wrote:
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Plenty of police officers drive non luxury vehicles. It is called personal choice.

Let me guess-- you're a cop OR related to a cop. How's that shield working out for you?

Well, my personal choice is not paying a 33% tax increase while seeing SOME police decide to flaunt their personal wealth.

This city is in a financial crisis. Seeing a cop in a luxury vehicle is a slap in the face of the tax payer.

Josiered wrote:
Dear Jackey -

What planet do you live on. You bet your A$$ "I" paid the bill for the construction cop to be here. When they hooked up our new sewer line "I" handed the cop $140. in CASH.

When we poured the foundation in my house you bet your A$$ "I" again paid the cop to stand there for another $140. in CASH.

When we put in the driveway you bet your A$$ "I" again paid the cop on construction detail YET another $140. in CASH.

I am not a contractor I am a private citizen who has a house in JC. The taxpayer DOES NOT pay for this, the homeowner does.

If you do anything in JC that requires a "COP" to be there to shut down the street because you need a concrete truck to pour concrete YOU PAY FOR IT ! Anything you do in JC requires a permit and a COP. Yes, I paid for it in CASH ! Two years ago they only accepted CASH and you gave it to them on the spot.

Would you like the names of all the officers that worked the construction detail that I paid in CASH? Get your facts straight before you open your mouth.

robotjustin wrote:
Wait, who ever called cops heroes? And we PAY when the cop on duty sits in his car DRINKING through his whole construction shift and then shows up with a hangover and a shitty attitude the next day.

A well-armed populace would be 1000x better than a group of uneducated sanctioned thugs any day. Which goes to show how bad the state of affairs is!

They'd be better off cutting the entire police force and handing every JC citizen a loaded glock and a switchblade.

jackey wrote:
Hey Josiered,
What do you mean YOU pay for the off duty officer. Unless you are a contractor you pay absolutely squat. The taxpayer does not foot the bill. What makes me laugh is the fact no one complains about the supposed heroes who get PAID to sleep, are supplied with sleeping equipment, hang outside their place of employment and shoot the breeze, and learn to be gourmet cooks. This all being paid for by the taxpayer who is fooled by it all. The job they work is like a second job to them. It's nice they are all rested in the morning to go to their real jobs........but no complaints about them......wait till the city lays off cops, then you will have a crime rate to complain about. Oh, about those other heroes. When they have to work I wouldn't want to do what they do, but really it's not like it was in the old days. They are basically paid laborers whose training cannot come anywhere near that of a police officers.

Eleanor_A wrote:
I'm really glad this article was posted. I have no idea what JC police make but I am FLOORED by their personal vehicles.

In the past two months, I've driven by construction/road work and there's always a JC cop around. I saw one sitting in his Mercedes SUV. I saw another one getting something out of his completely tricked-out Hummer and another sitting in a Cadillac Escalade.

I do realize that police put their lives on the line and are important and all, but since when did being a police officer replace being in "waste management?"

My property taxes went up $588. I'm unemployed and it's getting increasingly difficult to make ends meet. I have to be honest, it pisses me off when I see a cop at a construction site sitting on his ass in a luxury vehicle.

brewster wrote:
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JerseyCityKid08 wrote:

Plenty of police officers drive non luxury vehicles. It is called personal choice.

Talk about tone deaf, both the cops and you. They make 2.5 times what the average JC resident does, before counting the bennies, and most don't live here. So lets just rub people's face in where their taxes go.

JerseyCityKid08 wrote:

Plenty of police officers drive non luxury vehicles. It is called personal choice.

Plenty of police officers drive non luxury vehicles. It is called personal choice.

Eleanor_A wrote:
I'm really glad this article was posted. I have no idea what JC police make but I am FLOORED by their personal vehicles.

In the past two months, I've driven by construction/road work and there's always a JC cop around. I saw one sitting in his Mercedes SUV. I saw another one getting something out of his completely tricked-out Hummer and another sitting in a Cadillac Escalade.

I do realize that police put their lives on the line and are important and all, but since when did being a police officer replace being in "waste management?"

My property taxes went up $588. I'm unemployed and it's getting increasingly difficult to make ends meet. I have to be honest, it pisses me off when I see a cop at a construction site sitting on his ass in a luxury vehicle.