Comments on: Rush-hour police chase on Route 27 in Santa Ana ends with suspect killed by police

By: Canamjay

Canamjay — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 19:14:00 +0000

Tim, this type of comment: ‘a significant number – of public servants are making in excess of $10,000 USD per month and up.’
Is counter-productive unless you are going to site specifics…how big is the ‘significant number’… what positions are you referencing?

Your self-serving cuteness in providing truncated ‘legal jargon’ does nothing to inform and only contributes to the disinformation surrounding ‘justice’ in CR.

IF you actually know something.. come out with it, or just stay hidden in cowardly silence as every other reporter in the country is doing…contributing only to the problem, not the solution.

By: Timothy Williams

Timothy Williams — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 22:32:00 +0000

Indeed it is, which is the reason why I liked your original comment, and jumped in here to comment myself, though I rarely do.

By: zzzzz

zzzzz — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 22:22:00 +0000

Wow, that’s like minimum wage…

By: Timothy Williams

Timothy Williams — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:37:00 +0000

There are many police officers, right now, perhaps the ones involved in this incident, who are making as little as 65,000 colones per week (about $500/month).

Meanwhile some of the highest paid public servants are making in excess of $15,000 USD per month and up.

Legal jargon: the views expressed in my personal comments are mine personally and are not necessarily those of ICR, its staff, or parent company.

By: zzzzz

zzzzz — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:32:00 +0000

Thanks for setting it right Tim, i actually don’t know what their pay is

By: Timothy Williams

Timothy Williams — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 19:41:00 +0000

The Fuerza Publica is one of the few public entities in this country whose employees (namely, police officers) are underpaid versus significantly overpaid, in my personal opinion. Legal jargon: the views expressed in my personal comments are mine personally and are not necessarily those of ICR, its staff, or parent company.

By: zzzzz

zzzzz — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 19:37:00 +0000

Yeah, i’ve often seen here dedicated and determined cops who do their best and are really the good guys.
As far as your pay raise idea is concerned, a little employee of the month star on the calendar and a voucher for two at the Rosty Pollo is good enough. You wouldn’t want to spoil them now…

By: Timothy Williams

Timothy Williams — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 17:14:00 +0000

Agreed. Let’s give credit where credit is due. Of course the police force could always be improved (as could the courts in actually locking up the bad guys) but there are some police officers in this country who do their jobs and genuinely want to keep the public safe and put bad guys behind bars, at great personal risk to themselves, I might add. So without a doubt they deserve credit and I hope they receive a pay raise. Their response time to the incident and actions to quickly end the situation also seem to be quite commendable, and all of the information we have is that the bad guys fired the first shot.

By: zzzzz

zzzzz — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 17:08:00 +0000

so are you non-stop whiners going to congratulate the police for doing their job here?