NO ONE was applying there unless they couldn't get a job anywhere else? How do you know this? And I also wonder about how Ferguson is supposed to pay higher salaries when they have just promised to cut down on a major source of revenue? (I'm referring to the promise to stop adding fines to tickets if a person doesn't show up in court. This was extensively discussed in the last thread (I think) and I can go look for a link but I'm hoping you remember those posts because frankly, I'm lazy, ha!) And I know that Ferguson LE has been painted as THE bad guy in all this, but I can find a link that says ANY of the ~20 LEOs who were fired, retired, or resigned in the wake of all this were actually from the Ferguson PD.
But IMO, the issue remains the same: this whole St. Louis metro area has now been nationally vilified. Why would anyone, especially the ones who have the pick of places to apply want to work there now? Honest question!
