Referencing the law enforcement situation in the county I live in, yes there is definitely a serious need for more officers. I live in the rural area of a county in Ohio that essentially provides little to no law enforcement protection out here due to the lack of manpower. This area is surrounded by four small towns that are actually classified as villages who share their police officers in order to maintain a minimum of one officer on duty at any given time. This includes Police Chiefs who are also on the rosters in adjoining jurisdictions who patrol as regular patrolmen because there are not enough officers. It has gotten so bad that if we need assistance out here we cannot even call them because they are not permitted to go outside the village limits as they cannot leave the municipal area unprotected.
Referencing the fire fighter situation here, the problem is the same. The greater majority of the fire fighters are volunteers, paid little to nothing for their services. Paid positions are reserved for the Fire Chief and at least one or two paramedics, most fire departments rely on contracts with privately owned EMS services in order to provide the paramedics. The home owner is then billed independently by these private organizations. Fire Investigator positions have been absorbed by the county prosecutor’s office as private investigators to allow for more positions within the fire departments.
Do you still think there is not a problem?
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