[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Small towns do not have 24 hour coverage. They don't need it.

And they certainly do not need bored police officers causing trouble.

Generally there is dispatcher coverage 24 hours and they alert who ever is needed if something happens.

[Don W]

Tell me all about how things go in a small town. The population here is 3K.

[Delta 21]

I think we have around 2200 population in my town. We have a dispatcher 24/7 and one city cop on duty all nite. The county sheriffs’ use the same dispatch and has a deputy that hot racks at nite. All that, then we have 10-12 city cops and 6 or 7 deputies that all live in this small town. And for some strategic reason by the state police they have no less than 7 state cops living here too! Around 40 ‘cops’ in a town 13 blocks by 13 blocks.

Makes me go hmmm.