Comments on: Boise Coppers “Absorb” BSU Costs

By: Sal Nez

Sal Nez — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 20:32:22 +0000

Rick, Rick, Rick, get off the hate wagon!

By: Blaskowitz

Blaskowitz — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 16:02:41 +0000

Median income nationwide is 50k or so. Poverty level income for family of 4 I believe is around 24K. I don’t wish that on any person.

By: Blaskowitz

Blaskowitz — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 00:17:45 +0000

25K? Including benis? Joking right?

By: rick

rick — Sat, 28 Jun 2014 23:00:53 +0000

Dave has told me that I post too much on his site so I will make this last comment on this subject:

Sam, using your figure of $67,572w/out the beni’s and comparing it to the Census Bureau’s “per capita money income in the past 12 months (2012 dollars) 2008-2012” was “22,851”. I don’t think there’s a single cop with a conscience who can say that at 338% above the state average they are not over paid. Anyone who does is just proving my point for me.

By: rick

rick — Sat, 28 Jun 2014 22:15:28 +0000

101K per… way way way too much money. Should be about 25k including the beni’s. Lets face it.. no matter what Sal Nez or any of the other cops who post on here tell you.. cops don’t do a whole lot for the 67k + they make, when they were in cal it might have been a different story but here not so much.

And no zipp I do not joke. If BSU formed it’s own agency it would save BPD 300K a year… they should be all for it.
I am glad to see someone else who thinks the hood mentality as you call it is wrong.

By: Zippo

Zippo — Sat, 28 Jun 2014 21:22:59 +0000

Yes Rick, forming yet another agency will somehow save money? Surely you joke? Think big picture.

I terms of small picture, cops need special training so as not to shoot drunken students for refusing to drop their $400 cellphone or for throwing empty beer cans at them (considered justified shooting in the hood)… so there are benefits of a university only department.

By: chicago sam

chicago sam — Sat, 28 Jun 2014 19:33:05 +0000

According to “acountable Idaho” in 2010 the last compilation available the average annual police officer salary in Boise was $67,572. If you add in the traditional 1.5 times for all fringes you come up with average cost to the city of $101,358 annually. I won’t bore you with the rest of the math computation but I think Boise State is getting a very good deal at $50 /hour

By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 28 Jun 2014 05:03:55 +0000

Blask… That sounds like what is needed… And you are correct it works on a lot of campuses at a rate considerably lower than $50 an hour

By: Blaskowitz

Blaskowitz — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 18:05:21 +0000

…in other words why doesn’t the University form and hire it’s own police department. It’s done all over the country and has proven successful.

By: rick

rick — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 13:58:27 +0000

I will cut the sarcasm (mostly) and the rhetoric and just get to the bigger point. When you consider the amount of $ BSU brings into this town, I would imagine we’ll over the 300k just in hamburger sales each year plus the football/basketball games ect. I would think a little free policing would be in order. Let’s face it $50 an hour or more to have BPD stand around at the games or direct traffic after is extortion. Hire securitas to stand around at the games.. and traffic flaggers for after and be done with it. Same service..and a lot less money. Before you jump..
That is not intended to slam BPD just fact.