Yeah of course I'm aware they do this, but a few tickets here and there couldn't possibly be enough sustainable revenue. The government should really step in to ensure that all essential services, big and small, are properly funded. Ticketing is just an exercise in futility. In the future, they might end up ticketing us if we breathe the wrong way.Saltyk said:
Texas town "fires" and shuts down entire police department
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its tx, those bastards pretty much own this stupid state, in fact perry is probably gonna do a presidential run based on 6 billion in the rainy day fund that he and the other republicans prevented anyone from using just so he could say it was thereravensheart18 said:
Pretty much this.Maddyfiren said:
My hometown has less people in it (By a considerable degree), but has the same population density. The have one part time police officer. I fail to see why this town actually needs a police department, when simply hiring 1-2 police officers could cover the area (The could even do what my home town did, and basically outsource their police officers. You give their salary to the closest large town, and in turn, they give you a police officer that actually patrols your neighborhood. And you don't have to pay for the building they work out of, as well as numerous other small oddities).
Basically, small town victim of poor ass planning.
Actually, I'm pretty sure that in a large city the revenue from tickets can range in the millions of dollars in a given year. A local police department is actually giving out mostly warnings in protest of some recent decisions made by the local government regarding pay, such as merit pay increases (there are none). And from what I heard, it WAS hurting the city funds. Or they were. I'm honestly not sure if they are still doing that or not. The point is, you should underestimate how much revenue tickets actually generate.GigaHz said:
Well, the state has already cut Education, can't cut that anymore, or schools will up and vanish.Frehls said:
While i generally agree with this statement you have to keep in mind this is a small town who in all likelihood was self contained. And that very few big ol' corporations make there home in that town i doubt. It seems like everyone in this country is taking a hit BUT the politicians.crimsonshrouds said:
It happened in a small town not too far from where I live in Florida a few years back, too. When the taxes that go to pay for this stuff get cut, eventually a point comes where there isn't enough money to pay for it. Incidentally, it hasn't made too big of a difference; we're talking about a tiny town, and a county with plenty of cops.
Americans are afraid of anarchy which leads to the whole "burgled every single night" thing. Then again we're afraid of everything that ends in "-ist" Communist...terrorist...florist.Hero in a half shell said:
And don't come downstairs yet I've almost got all your cutlery into the bag.
OT: It's absolutely ridiculous to cut emergency services. I'll admit I'm not the most pro-government guy but a police force is one of the most basic requirements.
But that's exactly it.Saltyk said:
You're talking about tickets collected from a city, and this is a very small town. So I'm still not convinced they were making reasonable money from tickets to begin with. I don't know the internalized politics, and I don't know how the US government manages funding for essential services but it sounds like a disaster I'm glad to be miles away from.
