Originally Posted by
Tangodown
$20-30 a month is hardly carving.
Maybe if you approached this in a different way you might get some attention. Like, try reading what you wrote and from a third persons standpoint you pretty much called the Lancaster Police a bunch of unprofessional, political hacks.
Now, I've been around enough to know just how political the ECSD is, wink, wink.
I think what you really need to do is say: I think the entire region would fair better with a metropolitan police force, instead of each town having it's own fiefdom, and a sheriffs office on top of that.. That would be a better sell and would actually probably make our taxes go down a tiny little bit.
All in all regardless of the agency almost every police officer: Trooper, Sheriff, or town end up making about the same amount of money when all is said and done. Trust me on that one, I know people in all the agencies.
Streamlining the system of services, creating a countywide metro PD is what will not only save money but put more troops in the trenches where they are needed and not hurt, but probably increase the level of service. Also it probably won't work unless everyone got on board.
Clarence needs to get it's own police force.
Where would the ECSD get the staffing to cover Lancaster, out of the sky?
You don't know as much as you think, like some of you "laws" you qoute, but i do think a Metropolitan Police Force would better serve Erie County as whole.