Several years ago, when the rich newcomers moved into Henderson, they didn’t want to pay for a bond for more police and fire units. The bond was voted down.
The mayor got on one of the local stations right after the election and said, in effect, that if you pretend to pay us, we’ll pretend to work, and will only take the direst of emergency calls. The rest, well, you’ll just have to work out your own security the best you can.
Within six months, they had their money. I love it when it works! We have very little crime where I live. Which is why I like it so much!
Crime is pretty modest hereabouts - lots of armed citizens, for one thing. There’s always discussion about starting our own police department, but we could rent a dozen more deputies just for the start-up costs. Stallings, the next town up the road, has its own police department, and they spend at least 75% of their time dealing with traffic and accidents on US74. And the police chief has a new high-end red Mustang!