"Too Many Cops?"
Tom Peterson: June 7, 2007
It seems like Oro Valley has an excessively large police department. The ratio of police officers to citizens for Tucson is about 1 for 600; and Oro Valley about 1 for 400.
Now it sounds like they want to increase the number of officers. I think they should hold the number constant or decrease it. Oro Valley is definitely not a high crime area and our ratio shouldn't be any higher than Tucson.
Government agencies have a tendency to grow out of control if not watched closely.
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