[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.