Military equipment is free.

May I offer you a nice egg in these trying times?

Except he was a fucking creep.

> University of Arizona officials acknowledge that Abagnale had interacted with 12 female students.[34] Abagnale has openly acknowledged that he performed examinations on young women while impersonating a doctor: "When the girls came by, I always gave them a thorough examination and sent them on their way.

Maybe the mental health specialists they wanted instead of police can go help

Egg costs jumped 38% for producers annually in February and 55% for shoppers...

This disconnect is what's really driving inflation. Sure costs went up but the profit margin is untethered from reality at this point.

What????? How can this be?? A know liar lying about his life. Shocking!

He was a little boy he probably enjoyed it

Just because too many haven't been getting it lately: /s

Yes, it would mean fewer police because more of the police responsibilities would shift to specialists who are trained to be more effective at working with mentally ill people, etc. Police would be reallocated to do what police do well, and moved away from areas where we see repeat failure in policing.

As that transition didn't happen, though, we still need more police.

The issue is that it bills itself as completely true, when there’s really no truth in it at all.

You seem to not understand capex vs. opex. Equipment is capex. Officers are opex. When budget cuts happen, both get cut. And if you require additional positions that aren't sworn officers, that reduces opex spend, meaning fewer officers.

You and I likely agree about the over-militarization of police and what that's done to their relationship with the community, their focus, etc. We likely also celebrate the recent Texas court decision that forced McKinney PD to pay for SWAT damages to property. Accountability is key... but lowering the budgets when the vast majority of budget goes to sworn personnel results in fewer personnel on the ground, resulting in more harm before they get there and harsher response when they do because situations are more out of control.

Have you seen the price of duck eggs?

Not everyone who disagrees with you is ignorant.

They just have different opinions, buddy.

Get over yourself.

Ya because they use them every day... right? lol. Immaterial cost.

The fuel and maintenance isn't.

I think this is the type of adoptive parent this ungrateful asshole wants and deserves: https://www.reddit.com/r/ActualPublicFreakouts/comments/w7wrwx/a_mother_speaks_on_the_violence_that_just_took/

Or fewer new swat vehicles. Maybe don't buy that tank or helicopter that your department doesn't REALLY need. Maybe only increase the budget by a LITTLE BIT this year. There are a lot of things you can skip out on and NOT decrease the number of boots on the pavement, but for some reason everyones mind goes straight to layoffs as if they've never had to finagle a budget before, meanwhile the top brass is sitting in their office laughing their asses off at all of us. Maybe the police unions need to step up to the plate and teach their members who the real threat to their employment is (hint: it's not the public whom they are sworn to serve and protect) and remind them that they're at the bottom of the pyramid in this situation along with the rest of us

> Which meant fewer police tanks

Those are free.

Yes. More police but less police. More police when we need them but less when we don’t want them.

Also cheaper, and nicer (to the people we like) but also fully perfectly equipped and trained.

Very clear instructions

Dude, we know it is mostly the profit margins at this point

Of course he doesn't.

You realize those are off duty jobs, right?

It’s meant fewer police in every major city that reduced budgets.

Public Sentiment you absolute dolt.

Okay thanks for confirming you don't know what you're talking about -- would have saved time to say something like that before though.

They should make a movie about it