I was up in PA the other day, those poor guys looked so bored sitting at either end of a construction site on (i think) Route 222. Down here they only have the troopers out like that at night, atleast usually - but I guess up in PA its daytime too.
So much construction on PA's roads that within 10 minutes of passing that site, there was another poor trooper sitting at another site. I guess it pays. :eek: :rolleyes:
Those troopers are considered extra-duty. The construction company pays them overtime as part of their bid. They get to sit their for 8 hours with their overheads on to slow traffic down. Thats it. They don't answer calls etc unless it is an emergency.
Ohh, alrighty then. I was thinking while on duty in that area they were more or less 'required' to sit at the site's untill they had a call (emergency or not).
Guess that's not too bad. I saw one of them pull a traffic stop on my way back.
I took the written test and passed. I go back up for my interview on Sept 28th.
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I'm beginning to realize that Democratic politicians believe criminal activity is but an entrepreneurial activity on the part of disadvantaged people. And that the police are but another circumstance to deprive them of that opportunity.
In MD, minus parts up in the mountains and most of the Eastern Shore they are pretty scrictly highway it seems. Do the PSP do mostly highway, or do they have (although its state) more actual 'patrol' jurisdiction? Soo many Township PD's up there!
In MD, minus parts up in the mountains and most of the Eastern Shore they are pretty scrictly highway it seems. Do the PSP do mostly highway, or do they have (although its state) more actual 'patrol' jurisdiction? Soo many Township PD's up there!
PSP does both. They are the only LE agency in the Commonwealth permitted to use radar, so they are able to run the highways a lot. PSP is also a “fall back on” LE agency for many areas in the south western part of that state. By that I mean that many municipalities can’t afford to put out 24 hour police protection, so they have local police out as much as possible, then “fall back” on the State for police protection and placed them “on call”. On call being that the state will have to handle an incident in that municipality if one were to occur, but does not normally patrol through the area.
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