No More Police Protection.

lookout123 · 08-27-2010, 01:03 PM

So if 75% represents the personnel costs am I to believe police and fire are the least necessary personnel? If personnel are to be cut I would think they'd be from non critical activities unless the politicians are playing the fear card simply as a motivational tool.

08-27-2010, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

So if 75% represents the personnel costs am I to believe police and fire are the least necessary personnel? If personnel are to be cut I would think they'd be from non critical activities unless the politicians are playing the fear card simply as a motivational tool.

What I said and what you will find in most studies is that public safety personnel are generally the last to be cut.

And still, the choices are never as simple as the police should be the last...it is not that black and white. Every cut has implications that need to be balanced.

Example...is going from two-person to one-person squad cars in certain (low crime) districts and during certain (low crime) shifts worse than cutting the need to replace a broken water treatment system?

glatt · 08-27-2010, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Redux

Example...is going from two-person to one-person squad cars in certain (low crime) districts and during certain (low crime) shifts worse than cutting the need to replace a broken water treatment system?

I don't think I've ever seen a two-person squad car, except on tv.

Shawnee123 · 08-27-2010, 02:29 PM

glatt loves Adam-12 reruns.

glatt · 08-27-2010, 02:32 PM

The best was when Adam 12 would make a run to the hospital, and see Johnny and Roy there from the fire department. Worlds colliding!

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