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Cops can be easily replaced. Besides, the county and state police can easily step in and patrol the area if there aren't city cops to do it. They've done it in plenty of other municipalities.
So let them walk. I'm so sure that other departments are just itching to hire ex-cops from Ferguson. You know, because they need the trouble.
Yes, Missouri state and county police have unlimited budgets and unlimited personnel so they can step in a patrol a city of 21,000 with no problem and no noticeable drop off in service to the areas they are currently assigned to patrol or to the new area they must now patrol.
Then again, being from Detroit, your expectations for effective policing must be pretty low:
You do realize that there isn't anywhere that's not regularly patrolled by cops except the most rural areas? so no, your Mad Max imaginary scenario isn't going to happen
Yes, Missouri state and county police have unlimited budgets and unlimited personnel so they can step in a patrol a city of 21,000 with no problem and no noticeable drop off in service to the areas they are currently assigned to patrol or to the new area they must now patrol.
Then again, being from Detroit, your expectations for effective policing must be pretty low:
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