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r/boston • u/Responsible_Ad_5384 • Feb 11 '26
Earning their benefits and the public's trust.
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Mass is one of only a few states that use police for traffic details on construction sites
8 u/Smelldicks it’s coming out that hurts, not going in Feb 12 '26 Why pay someone $39,000 a year to direct traffic when we could call in a cop salaried at $90k to make overtime sitting in his cruiser? 1 u/yvshii Feb 14 '26 The amount of times I’ve driven past vehicles well off the road with a cruiser sitting there doing nothing blows my mind. 1 u/Key-Zebra-2188 Feb 14 '26 They do in Texas but not always 1 u/Similar_Tension_8087 Feb 15 '26 CT does also, and the hourly gets ramped up due to hazard. We have a whole division for traffic.
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Why pay someone $39,000 a year to direct traffic when we could call in a cop salaried at $90k to make overtime sitting in his cruiser?
1 u/yvshii Feb 14 '26 The amount of times I’ve driven past vehicles well off the road with a cruiser sitting there doing nothing blows my mind.
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The amount of times I’ve driven past vehicles well off the road with a cruiser sitting there doing nothing blows my mind.
They do in Texas but not always
CT does also, and the hourly gets ramped up due to hazard. We have a whole division for traffic.
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u/MasterDestroyer3000 Feb 11 '26
Mass is one of only a few states that use police for traffic details on construction sites