Yes, its turned into a training town. a dozen years ago we had 9 officers here and two of those were in the office.@Creedmoor I noticed the revolving door down there when I was a reserve nearby for like 5 minutes. Lots of folks quickly leaving for better paying areas leaving only a few guys with any real training. Better pay better cops. I think Summitvilles marshal only gets $38k
We now have 16 on average with the same population or maybe a bit less now.
They start here at 34-36K, our town can't afford to keep this up.
We have three on a 8 hr shift and most work overtime every week.
I was in Orestus over the summer for a few things and they have a town Marshal and they must have had 5-6 reserves those days for town functions.
One young man must have gone 400 lbs.