[metamemetics]

>Training is similar to boot camp

I somehow doubt it's harder than real boot camp in the marines, and their base pay is at least 5 times less!

[mcgraw]

I pulled my first pay stub from the Marines (2001-2005). $350 bi-weekly after taxes. 4-years/4-promotions later, I was sitting around $650 bi-weekly when I left to head to college.

We're both trained for completely different purposes. Without a doubt, sending a CHP officer into Marine Corps boot camp would be quite the whirl wind for the guy/gal.

[sedachv]

Not to mention that for all the "elite this" and "chosen that," infantry training is designed exactly for the average man.

[krschultz]

True, though not sure about California, in my home state pretty much all state troopers are ex-military anyway so it doesn't matter.

[ramchip]

Why would it not matter?

I don't understand why troopers being ex-military has any relevance to the issue.

[paddy_m]

If the already went through military bootcamp, CHP bootcamp would be a breeze.

[ramchip]

The poster's point was that having a tough boot camp does not justify the highway police salaries, since marines do a similar camp and earn a lot less. Thus saying that CHP bootcamp is a breeze for ex-military does not make that argument not matter, it reinforces it.