The Goodhue Police Department resigned due to issues with the city’s pay, Mayor Ellen Anderson Buck said at a city council meeting Monday.

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    So right now with our current — trying to hire at $22 an hour, you’re never going to see another person again walk through those doors. That’s it," Smith said. “Unless you guys do a dramatic change.”

    Smith stressed the urgency of the matter and said smaller police departments he has looked into pay at least $30 an hour.

    I wonder if these cops support raising the minimum wage.

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      I mean in fairness, our local McDonald’s is paying 16-18 an hour… So getting 22 to do a job that most people wouldn’t want to do and forces you to deal with people you’d normally try to avoid, doesn’t sound like a hard ask.

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        So getting 22 to do a job that most people wouldn’t want to do and forces you to deal with people you’d normally try to avoid

        Are you talking about working at mcdonalds or being a cop?