Monday, March 13, 2023

Help Wanted

Well, well, well,  this little job posting is going to make a few police chiefs and troopers mad.   Read it all the way through. ;-). 


 

Kingfish note: This is a nice little change.  The troopers will be mad because it busts up the red-leg monopoly at DPS.   This will improve the quality of investigators at MBI.  How many felony arrests has a trooper made compared to a patrolman at JPD, Pearl, or Ridgeland?   Yet he will be the one investigating crime scenes.   The police chiefs are going to be mad but they should have been paying their detectives better than patrol anyway (right, JPD?).  


25 comments:

Anonymous said...

Actually that pay is pathetic.

Anonymous said...

Let's go search and seizure yall!

Anonymous said...

The house of cards is starting to fall. Next let the local sheriffs work the accidents and give them state funding for providing that service. It will save the taxpayers millions. The CCID PD can provide security for the GUV and Lt GUV. The Highway Patrol is a antiquated money pit that serves no useful purpose.

Anonymous said...

Great decision. It takes too long for a patrol officer to learn the job of an investigator. There are people within the ranks capable of investigating but you would be surprised how stupid some troopers are. This is why DPS is doing this.

Kingfish said...

Yup. Say you work at JPD. You do your three years on patrol. That means you probably make your share of felony arrests and probably serious felony arrests at that, not felony fleeing, DUI, or speeding. Then you move up to Investigator and work it a couple of years. Under the old policy, none of that mattered. Trooper school. Meanwhile, trooper boy does his accident reconstructions, writes his tickets, and makes the occasional arrest. He gets to become the MBI investigator even though our JPD (or Pearl or Ridgeland) has a much better resume.

Anonymous said...

Give credit where credit is due KF. That trooper up north did a great job tracking down and arresting the guy who made fun of him on Facebook.

Anonymous said...

No wonder no one wants to go into law enforcement if that’s all a mid level position pays.

Anonymous said...

Can’t read it as it is too blurry

Anonymous said...

What do you call a policeman, teacher, and social worker sitting together?

Broke.

But who do we need the most?

Anonymous said...

Crappy incentive meant to full applicants to fund PERS.

Anonymous said...

Will this force state troopers to drive the speed limit?

Anonymous said...

If they are smart they will stay away. Management is a trainwreck and out of touch with the departments.

Anonymous said...

You couldn't get me out of bed for that pay. Thats what I was making 10 years ago.

Anonymous said...

The pay isn't bad at all for a job that requires no college degree and comes with state retirement.

Barn said...

Too small and blurry to read closely, but is this one position, three or twelve?

Whichever the number, all it will do is promote a few good ole boys.

I fail to see any big deal here.

Anonymous said...

There are many hard workers at DPS who wished they made that salary, problem is they go unnoticed by the higher ups (5th Floor) unless you know someone who knows someone.

Anonymous said...

It's not blurry if you click on the image to expand it, rookies.

Anonymous said...

@7:56am - In case you haven’t been paying attention, a lot of computer illiterate (and illiterate in general) Boomers and GenXers read this blog.

Anonymous said...

8:15

You are correct sir but when you have a flat tire, one of us can show you how to change it.....

Anonymous said...

So, this equals 33 positions at a median salary of sixty thousand dollars. That's roughly 30 dollars an hour which ain't bad for the qualification requirement in Mississippi. Where's the money coming from?

We hear every year that they can't afford to hold another 'trooper school' without more money, more money, more money.

R.U.Kidding said...

Anonymous said...
Actually that pay is pathetic.

Pathetic? Think again. Compare the job requirement (education, background) to that of a first-year teacher. The median pay for these positions is 60K. Takes a teacher, with a masters degree 20 years to make that kind of money.

Anonymous said...

Come on y’all, pay attention. MBI is hiring certified police officers - not limited to Troopers from within DPS. Finally, MBI is looking to hire trained, experienced investigators and not just promoting folks whose experience is in traffic enforcement and DUI’s. This is a significant change.

Anonymous said...

This is an idea that began back in Gov Bryant's terms. Couldn't make it work under Santa Cruz.
Long time coming. Now MBI can hire, train, promote, and fully utilize the "best and brightest" of investigators from across the state.

Anonymous said...

@ 9:41 - "The pay isn't bad at all for a job that requires no college degree and comes with state retirement."

Bingo. You nailed it buddy.

Anonymous said...

Tennessee’s TBI is not troopers. Georgia’s GBI is not troopers. This is not a new concept. It’s funny how many people thing MHP and MBI are actually two totally separate entities.

I’ve always said that MBI are the “smart” troopers and that’s not many of them.


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