Posted on 01/03/2024 2:26:21 PM PST by Morgana
I read elsewhere that they are left with 1 full time, and 4 part time officers now. So in reality they lost 83% of their full time officers.
To put this in perspective, I work in a job that we need to have staffed 24/7. We are required to have 2 people minimum during the day. In order to function at all washout massive amounts of OT, we need 5 people. And it we only have 5, NO ONE gets to take any time off. Period. We do have 7 people normally, and that way we get to have a vacation every now and then. It’s just the way 24/7 shift work, works.
Is it possible to contract with another department? Many of the smaller cities here in Los Angeles County contract their policing with the LA County Sheriff so they don’t have to have their own police departments and review boards and commissions etc.
And one bullet kept in Barney’s pocket.
Village Idiots (board).
“Is it possible to contract with another department?”
Sure...if you pay them.
Of course, lol. I just wasn’t sure if the town wanted to just have zero police, or wanted to get rid of their department and contract it out. Or if that was even possible under WI law.
24 x 7 = 168, so four 40 hour shifts of 2 officers, sometimes 3 at busy periods, plus a supervisor.
It would be much more efficient to have the county sheriff take over.
Or hire obama’s *civilian police force* likely manned by illegals.
Sounds like the village board needs to be disbanded.
Where are the citizens of this community?
We have a small police force, just a couple officers, and rely on the staties for back up.
At the last town hall meeting, someone tried to push for cutting the force more, but heck, who can work 24/7? Nobody can even be on call for that much time.
And yes, we are safe. But this is very rural NH and almost everyone is armed and the cops are really good about it.
But on occasion, there is the need for more than one guy and it happens just often enough for the vast majority of the town to vote to keep them.
FWIW, they like it here.
If the village police are eliminated, does that mean the state police supposedly pick up the slack?
This is what they want, eliminating local police in favor of a National Police.
I am pretty sure the Town Council elected by the people were going to get rid of the cops and go with the Sheriffs Department. Townsfolk don't always like that option as it can mean. longer response times by Sheriffs Deputies.
I'm no expert, but I think there is typically an elected county sheriff that has a department.
A lot of small towns have a full time police chief and any number of part time officers.
A village close to me had a chief and one full time officer and a number of part timers.
“I would get rid of them, in favor of alternatives.”
What alternatives are you thinking of?
Big Bend Wisconsin is NOT out in the willywags. It’s a far suburb of Milwaukee. A bedroom community, surrounded by other bedroom villages.
Looking at the map, Big Bendis clearly a Bedroom community of both Milwaukee & Waukesha, with a mix of farmland & upscale neighborhoods - lots of pools & garages. Very little retail.
Given the close proximity to 2 cities & the nice neighborhoods, they may have a problem with burglary & carjacking. This might explain the large police force.
Supporting the sheriff and deputies of the county to cover it.
Post #38 was meant for you.
The town has a population of 1483, and is 3.1 square miles. There are 1442 whites and 7 Blacks. (Blacks are disproportionately over represented in the criminal class.) Ten police officers is one policeman for every 150 residents. If New York City had the same ratio, it would have over 57,000 police. It actually has 36,000.
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