I honestly don't like Art Chance as a person.  I cannot stand the man.  However, I do agree with the majority of his comments on this thread.  The police are not underpaid.  The mayor did sign the contracts for an enormous sum & you still have a lack of police presence so raising property taxes & giving the police more $$ won't solve the problem. 

He's right I mean seriously do you know how much money $75k a year is? Let's think about this that's over 6k a mo. Not including the overages for excess time.  They get paid very well to do the job they have. Most APD officers never complain about their pay checks so why are you complaining for them? When has throwing $$ at a problem ever fixed it? I mean truly fixed it & not just applied a bandaid? If you don't put in the hard work nothing changes for the better. Why would you pay 1 guy 125k +a year when you can get close to 2 for just a little more? Is that 1 guy doing twice as much work? If not then you're wasting $ could be spent hiring