Thank you!
TGS, just to clarify, Tampa PD has a better retirement (not FRS), and they tend to back their officers more? Has he found HCSO to also be supportive of its deputies, or do they get micromanaged by admin?
Generally, do I need to place much stock in the FDLE statewide ratios for agencies of officer per 1,000 population? For example, the 2017 (most recently available) statewide ratio for a Sheriff's Office was 1.72 deputies per 1,000. Is it an issue that Hillsborough, Sarasota, and Charlotte (for sworn LE only) are below this mark (1.28, 1.34, and 1.43, respectively)? Or is this making mountains out of molehills?
Good to know regarding Pinellas agencies. I have found that SPPD was to be avoided like a cruise ship chock-full-o' coronavirus (too soon?
) but didn't know that it also applied to PCSO. That would explain why they have been hemorrhaging in terms of officer attrition.