"notbob" > wrote in message
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> On 2005-09-06, Dimitri > wrote:
>> Salary Including State Pay *, Uniform,
>> Millage
>> Police Recruit $25,508 $30,308
>> Police Officer I $27,825 $32,625
>> Police Officer II $29,243 $34,043
>
> Which are at or above the median household income of $29K and
> avg home prices of about $125K.
>
> nb

Salary dot Com is always high but here are the numbers they report.

Cost of Living at Home Typical Salary at Work

Current Location Los Angeles, CA (Edit)Los Angeles, CA (Edit) (50,000 salary)
New Location New Orleans, LA (Edit)Monroe, LA (Edit)

Percent Change in $ -29.9% -15.8%

Explanation The cost of living in New Orleans, LA is 29.9% lower than in Los
Angeles, CA. Therefore, you would have to earn a salary of $35,053 to maintain
your current standard of living. Employers in Monroe, LA typically pay 15.8%
less than employers in Los Angeles, CA. Therefore, if you take the same type of
job in the same type of company in Monroe, LA you are likely to earn $42,116.

All changed of course.

From the NY times: :-(

Dimitri

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 3 - Reeling from the chaos of this overwhelmed city, at least
200 New Orleans police officers have walked away from their jobs and two have
committed suicide, police officials said on Saturday.

Some officers told their superiors they were leaving, police officials said.
Others worked for a while and then stopped showing up. Still others, for reasons
not always clear, never made it in after the storm.
The absences come during a period of extraordinary stress for the New Orleans
Police Department. For nearly a week, many of its 1,500 members have had to work
around the clock, trying to cope with flooding, an overwhelming crush of
refugees, looters and occasional snipers.

P. Edwin Compass III, the superintendent of police, said most of his officers
were staying at their posts. But in an unusual note of sympathy for a top police
official, he said it was understandable that many were frustrated. He said
morale was "not very good."