Police State? You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

[eddy1]

Originally Posted by aps45819

The money will mostly be used to supplement/replace current state supplied funding. I doubt if many "new" hires will be realized. States/cities recieving the money will just shift current funding elsewhere

Generally a cops grant is for new hires. The grant usually covers a three year period, then local or state government has to pick up the cost of the hires. Sometimes it will include all cost for the new officer and sometimes salary only.

[eddy1]

Originally Posted by livinaboard

Or are they just armed tax enforcers? somebody has to pay for all this and when I get fined 60 bucks because of a burned out tag light while driving around with a burned out headlight only results in a warning..It does give me a warm and fuzzy feeling knowing our streets are safe from burned out tag lights.

You should make sure your car is in compliance prior to driving it.

[tom88]

With the state of the economy, we will need additional police resources.

[ImnoMensa]

Clinton promised us 5,000 new officers. I think we got 15.

[eddy1]

Originally Posted by ImnoMensa

Clinton promised us 5,000 new officers. I think we got 15.

No, hate the guy or love the guy, the Clinton program produced about 100,000 officers.

[hvp05]

Originally Posted by eddy1

a country of 500 billion people

Good one. That's going in the Mall Cop Hall of Fame for sure.

Originally Posted by eddy1

I was thinking of the dollar figure when I wrote billion. I meant to say five hundred million.

Okay, I could almost forgive that...

I googled it now and you are correct, it's a little over 300 million.

But this, gosh, I thought the approximate U.S. population was common knowledge. How's it feel to be the idiot this time?

Originally Posted by eddy1

No, hate the guy or love the guy, the Clinton program produced about 100,000 officers.

Seeing your number wizardry, I'll bet you are right, and Imno was wrong. The actual number was probably 3.

[nightlife]

why don't they hire them in bad neighborhoods and ghettos, where they need them? too many around here, they harass people left and right.

[aps45819]

Originally Posted by nightlife

why don't they hire them in bad neighborhoods and ghettos, where they need them? too many around here, they harass people left and right.

because it would be stupid to hire criminals to enforce the law.


... and if you didn't have illegally tinted windows, they wouldn't "harrass" you.

[Pushrod]

Originally Posted by aps45819

The money will mostly be used to supplement/replace current state supplied funding. I doubt if many "new" hires will be realized. States/cities recieving the money will just shift current funding elsewhere

The problem is that receiving this money makes them beholden to the federal government and no longer completely controlled by the state or local government. Bad idea all around. Let the states take care of their own. Where in the Constitution does it give Congress authority to fund the civil authorities of the individual states?

[eddy1]

Originally Posted by Pushrod

The problem is that receiving this money makes them beholden to the federal government and no longer completely controlled by the state or local government. Bad idea all around. Let the states take care of their own. Where in the Constitution does it give Congress authority to fund the civil authorities of the individual states?

Where in the constitution does it give the federal government the authority to regulate the airwaves? Oh wait....that technology wasn't available when the constitution was written.

What is wrong with getting tax dollars back in the state and local economies?