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Alternate Light Source -- An alternate light source is needed to assist officers at crime scenes after dark.
$5,000.00 - 0 jobs - Public Safety Program
43% voted critical - 57% voted not critical - 23 votes cast
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[edit] Points in Favor
Due to the increase in crime in this town anything that is going to help the police patrol better is worth the money spent. Perhaps if money is spent on preventative measures such as this, then less money will be spent in the future.
[edit] Points Against
A four D cell Maglite flashlight, with belt loop carrier for a policeman's duty belt costs a typical Police Department $ 10. According to their Police Department's own website, they have "76 sworn officers and 30 civilian staff members". If we bought every one of those Department personnel heir very own flashlight, and carrier, picked up 20% extras in case an officer forgot his at home one night, and bought rechargeable batteries and chargers for all them, we wouldn't even break $ 2,000.
That means that $ 3,000 (or 150%) of this is going to what? Waste? Management of the flashlights? The complex bidding and procurement process? Shipping fees?
How can they even present something like this to use? It's a crime.
Somebody needs to call the cops.
Try sending Chicago's poor displacement person back to Chicago, lower need and expense for cops