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Fabs I am not saying that VT has only four on duty at a time I was giving that as an example. As for how long it takes an officer to arrive take a look at national averages per city per capita sometime. With traffic, etc in a town the size of ours it takes approximately 35 minutes for an officer to arrive at the scene of a crime in the city. On campus our officers will head to the scene and usually make it in 9 to 14 minutes. But then again there are not streets THROUGH our campus. They have to drive to a closest point and walk (or run) the rest of the way. In emergencies they have the go ahead to jump the curb SO LONG AS it isn't covered in students (as it is from 8am to 5pm M-F CST)
I agree that an officer is there to put their lives on the line. My comment about benefits and pay was to point out that we should be grateful for ANYTHING we get from then going by what we pay them.
Example: A recent ad for a Sheriff in a nearby town offered $28k a year plus benefits, with NO overtime. You get comp time instead. Normally Sheriff's are an elected position around here, but nobody would take the job for the money. IE you never get time off, you do accrue it, but you lose it. That is about what our area is like. City police start out at more in BIG cities like Houston etc, but not in the small cities and towns are here.
GoodOlBoy
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