Part of the reason the State Police cost so much is that over half the jurisdictions in the state don’t have a local police force, so the State Police have to fill that role. There’s talk of instituting a head tax in those places to help pay for it.
“Part of the reason the State Police cost so much is that over half the jurisdictions in the state don’t have a local police force, so the State Police have to fill that role. There’s talk of instituting a head tax in those places to help pay”
This is horse hockey. Most of those areas are so rural there is almost no need of cops. How many extra officers were specifically hired and outfitted to cover the areas in question?
Accurate point. I can name several townships in my area that have no local police force, only State.