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Pheonix

Well, nothing to do may have been the wrong choice of words. Lord knows, don't let a Lt see an officer doing nothing. The point was meant to illustrate however, that without calls to go on or being included in the other tasks, there is only so much left that an officer can do. If he's caught up on reports, and his directed patrols...well, ride the neighborhoods in his ward, and look for violators. Would you rather see an officer patroling or sitting by the side of the roadway/eating a doughnut inside a Mapco?

At least in this city, if we were to fire cops...the masses would cry foul. We actually need more police on our streets; it's gotten a bit rowdy out here. Trying to keep crime under control when its determined to rise as more and more folks lose their jobs and turn to desperate measures, or people snap on (former) loved ones...or just decide today is the today and damn all the consequences. Armed robberies are freakishly common out here. If we were to downsize our police force...our already angry populace would uprise.

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