INSIDE: 1. Two London men busted for drugs after traffic stop. 2. Cyclist suffers serious injuriesin collision at Adelaide and King. 3. 80 credit card applications stolen from vehicle at Cherryhill Village Mall. 4. Gary Snake and Rhonda Sturgeon busted on three theft-related charges. 
LONDON, ONTARIO, NEWS: Thieves stalking and targeting the elderly in purse-stealing scams at Cherryhill
Authored by: Sapphire on Thursday, February 04 2010 @ 12:47 PM EST
I read a story in the Free press today by Jonathan Sher regarding London Police salaries. Listed below is the opening paragraph of the story:
"Three years after they're sworn in on the force, in some cases with little more than the minimum high school diploma and 12 weeks' training, London police officers get a base salary that tops $80,000."
There were a lot of comments about this, as you can well imagine. There were some comments about how dangerous the job is and that when a police officer leaves home to go to work, he might not return were mentioned as a justification for such a high salary.
Now, I ask you, when was the last time a police officer in this city was injured or killed on the job? I did hear about two officers who were killed while off duty, but it was a suicide/murder situation between two officers. Not exactly an on the job situation.
So, you can imagine why I'm ticked off about the 8 year vetern on the police force in London who shot up an eastend neighbourhood 19 times trying to arrest an unarmed robber who makes this kind of money every year at the taxpayer's expense.
To add insult to injury, I watched the London news on TV last night and heard that Murray Faulkner now want to stockpile new police cruisers because the 'Crown Royale' won't be made anymore. I believe he was asking for 120 new vehicles.
It begs the question, where does this guy get off asking for even more money from this year's budget than the police department has already asked for so far?
I, for one am VERY glad Faulkner's retiring this year. It isn't coming fast enough for my concern as a taxpayer of London.
By the way, where is that report that's three months overdue regarding the trigger happy cop? How many lawsuits is the police department currently dealing with over this fiasco and the incident at the UWO? I'd really like to know how much these lawsuits are going to cost taxpayers of this city too.
It's time to say NO to Mr. Faulkner, when it comes to handing out more taxpayer money. Do a better job first, and work to earn it a little harder instead, and I don't mean by ticketing people who are drinking coffee while they're behind the wheel either.
"Three years after they're sworn in on the force, in some cases with little more than the minimum high school diploma and 12 weeks' training, London police officers get a base salary that tops $80,000."
There were a lot of comments about this, as you can well imagine. There were some comments about how dangerous the job is and that when a police officer leaves home to go to work, he might not return were mentioned as a justification for such a high salary.
Now, I ask you, when was the last time a police officer in this city was injured or killed on the job? I did hear about two officers who were killed while off duty, but it was a suicide/murder situation between two officers. Not exactly an on the job situation.
So, you can imagine why I'm ticked off about the 8 year vetern on the police force in London who shot up an eastend neighbourhood 19 times trying to arrest an unarmed robber who makes this kind of money every year at the taxpayer's expense.
To add insult to injury, I watched the London news on TV last night and heard that Murray Faulkner now want to stockpile new police cruisers because the 'Crown Royale' won't be made anymore. I believe he was asking for 120 new vehicles.
It begs the question, where does this guy get off asking for even more money from this year's budget than the police department has already asked for so far?
I, for one am VERY glad Faulkner's retiring this year. It isn't coming fast enough for my concern as a taxpayer of London.
By the way, where is that report that's three months overdue regarding the trigger happy cop? How many lawsuits is the police department currently dealing with over this fiasco and the incident at the UWO? I'd really like to know how much these lawsuits are going to cost taxpayers of this city too.
It's time to say NO to Mr. Faulkner, when it comes to handing out more taxpayer money. Do a better job first, and work to earn it a little harder instead, and I don't mean by ticketing people who are drinking coffee while they're behind the wheel either.