re: #51 Eclectic Cyborg

The county implemented an “aggressive recruitment campaign” to hire more detention officers, but “what was really pivotal in getting the numbers up was some pay raises,” said county spokeswoman Olivia Romo.

Starting pay for a detention officer used to be $21.66 an hour. Santa Fe County has since bumped it up to $26 an hour.

You mean people are more willing to work when you pay them a reasonable wage?

Funny, that.

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probably doesn’t hurt/help (depending on your point of view) that we have historically low unemployment, historically low immigration, and more and more boomers retiring by the day…