FEWER police patrols.
Ummmm.... higher gas prices could very well lead to MORE police patrols.
With a shortfall, police departments may see a need to increase revenue generation. Instead of idling by roads, they’ll shut down - only takes 1-second to start a patrol car. 0-60 in 10 seconds or less. And, they’ll be less likely to warn, going directly to collect $200 (or whatever, to ‘enforce’ codes, statutes and bylaws.
If the Republicrats take over Congress, the first order of business should be to ELIMINATE Any and ALL Taxpayer funds being spent on Fossil Fuels, to save the erf of course
does LE have to pay for state and fed taxes?
Since they don’t have anything left in the budget for gas, they should just buy a fleet of electric vehicles. /sarc
Maybe debb-E stab-a-cow can appropriate some funds so the PoPo can get them some Tesla patrol cars and never worry about gas stations again.
Higher Gasless Police Patrols.