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The Costs Associated with Hiring a Police Officer Week 5 Discussion 1

Instructor wrote: If you look at most cities, you’ll find that public safety is the largest expenditure in the overall budget.  You’ll also find that personnel is the largest expense within public safety.  When cuts need to be made, often the target is set upon personnel.  Care and caution needs to be taken in such considerations, though.  Personnel is an area where cuts can be noticed by the public, as response times to emergency calls may rise or morale may be lowered if pay is kept stagnant or cut.  These can be headline-news issues.  Interestingly, the Rand Corporation found that investments in quality police personnel paid dividends:  http://bit.ly/1G4hTVd

Do you think politicians are hesitant to make cuts to public safety?