Cops and Gas

Well cops are starting to change the way they work and respond to crime

High gas prices are forcing the Webster County Sheriff's Department to take drastic steps to save fuel, and hopefully some cash. Due to what officials are calling a budget crisis, the department is directing their officers to do everything from limiting their response to calls to driving slower.

www.ky3.com...

This is in missouri by the way

[edit on 5-9-2005 by John bull 1]

Can just see it now, 911 calls go unanswered, crime rate is up, gun sales sky rocket , and vigilante hoards roam streets.

Don't ya just love a war economy? -sarcasm-

Gets weirder by the hour....

Already starting in the Philippines:



Got gas? I'll blow your head off!




[edit on 5-9-2005 by Regenmacher]

Interesting... back in the early '70s when there were hours long gas lines, not much violence... not zero, but not a huge amount. Given the decline in civilization in this country since then, I'm betting it will be a bit different this time around.

There were protests the Detroit area at the gas station with the highest prices around at $3.55 a gallon. You could still get it for $2.69 in the city. All have leveled off now at between $2.97 and $3.09

Oh, no! You mean the donut-eaters won't be able to troll for speeders?
Ain't it a shame?
Were they to use the gas as Sir Robert Peale (Father of modern patrol technique, 1829) would have expected them to do, I'd have more sympathy.