Why do police officers get paid less than professional baseball players?

This comes down to a little economic theory called supply and demand the idea is that if there is a lot of something in the supply is greater than the demand in the price will be low for police officers there are more than enough people is smart enough and fit in rk for that kind of money so the pay and benefits out for police officers tends to drop until the people  you want pay rises until you reach a point where you can just barely keep in recruit the officers you need baseball players bass players are premium level athletes at this level there is always a shortage of the very best players so you have to pay enough to attract the best and keep them all MLAB players are by definition very best and they would be in the minors otherwise so they can  command big money and even bigger salaries are available for the stars of the game!