If Mr. Saylors information is outdated and incorrect then those with an opinion should do their own research before posting said opinion. I did not do the research so I cannot comment on the accurateness of the information, but here is what I can comment on:

Police officers are highly trained professionals with extensive skills. As are firefighters, EMT’s and paramedics. Training these individuals costs a lot of money, several hundred thousand dollars during the life of his or her career. Finding QUALITY Police/Fire/EMT professionals who are willing and able to move to Ocean Shores can be a difficult task. Look at the already high turn over rates for these professions (anywhere) and then look at what it costs to train them and keep them trained. If you offer too low of wages, you run the risk of spending hundreds of thousands of dollars training them so they can be recruited to another Department that pays more, or your applicants are those that no one else will hire but you HAVE to because they are the only ones applying. So the people responding to your most serious emergencies will be inexperienced, not invested in the community, or the bottom of the professional barrel. Look at the bigger picture here before spouting off.

You get what you pay for and should I need one of these professionals, I personally don’t want my life and safety in the hands of the lowest bidder.