Good grief - I'm saying all police, fire, EMS, military - are grossly underpaid for the work they do. Yes, I work for a municipality. My husband served his country in the military (on income alone, we qualified for food stamps - was rejected tho because we were in the military), and he worked the streets as a patrol officer and narcotics officer. Those people put their life on the lines every single day, every moment of the day - on duty or off - and YES, they are grossly underpaid for the job they have to do.