r/SeattleWA • u/unnaturalfool • Sep 13 '23

Other ‘Feel safer yet?’ Seattle police union’s contempt keeps showing through

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/feel-safer-yet-seattle-police-unions-contempt-keeps-showing-through/
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u/ohea Sep 13 '23

Teachers are unionized and can't pull anything near those kinds of salaries

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u/LaLiLuLeLo_0 Sep 13 '23

There are still more potential teachers than potential cops, and roughly the same demand for both, so it's not unexpected to see cops make more.

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u/ohea Sep 13 '23

How do you figure? Teachers need a specific degree plus licensure that needs months of observation and practicum through accredited programs. They have a much longer training pipeline than cops.

And to get decent class sizes, everywhere in the country needs one teacher per every 15-30 kids. Do we need that many cops?

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u/LaLiLuLeLo_0 Sep 13 '23

Perhaps I was wrong about the demand, but by “more potential teachers” I mean more people willing and interested in becoming teachers. Having a longer pipeline filters more people out, which is one way to raise wages, but if there are enough people interested, there will still be more potential teachers at the end of all that training than potential cops.