My first drop was a Red Hand IX with Spray and Play and Final Round . I still remember my excitement when that bastard Rahool handed me that beast . <| sep |> Wnc here all departments around me are lower wage 28 k 32 k starting , a lot of the officers here have lived here there whole life so most already have some housing . The issue near me is that some of the departments focus on comp time instead of overtime pay . You may get to take a month of from work but rarely will you get overtime pay . So you ' ve got to look around go on ride alongs ask about their pay system . I love where I live right now but I ' m eyeing neighboring departments for future employment better pay , over time pay , better equipment work away from home etc . etc . So is 30 k starting enough granted there ' s a good chance you ' ll get overtime as well it really depends on you . Every deputy I know has always been pretty comfortable financially but alot of people from here grew up with very little and never realised it so .