A small Texas town has shut down its entire police department.
Facing dramatic budget cuts, the city’s efforts to control costs in Alto sent the police force home June 15, and law enforcement is now on hold.
Former police chief Charles Barron and four ex-officers secured the evidence room, changed the passwords on their computers and locked the department's doors, preparing for a closure that will last at least six months.
Now, county sheriff's deputies will handle calls in Alto, but that means police response times that were less than 3 minutes are now up to 15 minutes, and deputies are spread thin, according to CBS News. Twenty-five deputies and reservists will oversee a 1,000 square mile county.
Hey let's not get too excited. This isn't Vancouver, BC during the Stanlcy Cup championship. Alto only has 5 cops so i don't expect a crime was to break out. And don't worry about the cops. This is Texas so they can easily get into human smuggling to supplement their lost income.
No comments:
Post a Comment