And buy our own bullets, and provide our own weapons too, then come out to your house next time IKE decides to smack you around, on my bicycle, then would you be happy..MADAM???? Oh yeah i guess you would expect us to do this all for 32k a year on average as well ehh??? What a price to put your life on the line everytime you punch in... Next time you have need, im sure you would want the fastest respone possible. So enjoy your job whatever it may be, knowing that help is just a phone call away. Oh but i have to stop and get just enough gas to answer the call each time now thanks to you, and since i cannot provide for my family, cause i have to buy bullets and gas for the cruiser that i take home everyday now, im sure you will be o.k. until i get there, no worrys the 357 the assailant has pointed at your head only holds six rounds, so if you zig-zag as you run across the parking lot you just might get lucky.....BLESS

What would happen if a tornado touched down on the PD's tiny parking lot and destroyed all the patrol cars?!

How would the police answer calls without vehicles?

It's foolish people like you who would probably outsource law enforcement if given the chance!

You know if the end of the world came suddenly we wouild lose those police cars also!

Isn't half of them supposed to be out anyway at all times, cruising?

That is cept for shift change and meetings!

On days when the shifts are running at 100%, there is generally 1/4th of all the patrol cars on the road at one time. This is the same for all agencies that have 12 hour shifts.

DarkMadam you haven't a clue as to what your talking about, and this topic has been on these blogs before. By having "assigned" patrol cars you actually extend the life of the vehicle, first by not running a car into the ground (how long exactly do you think patrol cars can last, that are run 24 hours straight), then also by the officers knowing they "are responsible" as no one else is driving that vehicle - can't blame anyone else for abuse or damage. Driving an individual vehicle for only eight or 10 hours, rather than continually (24 hours) greatly extends the life, reduces the maintenance costs, etc... These facts have been proven over and over, why do you think so many police and sheriffs offices have gone to "take-home" vehicles? Around here it's not unusual for agencies to put 50k miles or more on a single vehicle per year (with 100k considered a normal maximum for emergency vehicle use), assigning it, cuts this millage to a third.
Stop being a sour grape, this ISN'T "Mishandling of public funds"!