Seattle Chief of Police resigns Due Budget Cuts

[The Architect Of Fate]

Yep, but we don't need them, do we.

The notion appears to be that they need the 9, but not the extra .something...which is hard to argue with when you look at their books.  

Since the proposal ties numbers of officers to spending, they could conceivably end up with more police on their then reduced budget if it weren't for the agreements currently in place - produced through collective bargaining.  

Personally, I think they could do with far less.  Other countries and states and counties and cities manage to address crime without a 1-800 ratio of armed law enforcement agents to people.  Perhaps, for the sake of the police officers and the people they serve, we should spread the responsibility for those 800 peoples needs out over other dedicated professions with the money recovered, and leave the armed man to do stuff you need an armed man to do, keeping armed men out of situations that they can only make worse.

At what point did we become so committed to licking the boot on the back of our necks that any of this became a radical or stupid idea?  Do we really believe that this won't work...or...what?  What, exactly, is the problem?

Frankly it sounds like fear is the problem