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re: How municipalities in St. Louis County, Mo., profit from poverty
Posted on 12/25/14 at 4:25 pm to Gulf Coast Tiger
Posted on 12/25/14 at 4:25 pm to Gulf Coast Tiger
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We found common ground. Must be Christmas or something
We probably agree more than it appears. Merry Christmas.
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Posted on 12/25/14 at 4:28 pm to soccerfüt
Omg. You missed the entire point of that gif. 
Posted on 12/25/14 at 5:12 pm to the808bass
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But part of it, you are supporting mayors, judges, attorneys and a police force for a town of 800 or 1200 people
This is so common all over the country. Here in Ascension Parish just northwest of New Orleans, the hassle of sustaining this bullshite finally caught up to the town of Sorrento and they just recently shut down their police dept. They were embroiled in scandal after scandal and its chief recently raped a woman in his office.
Sorrento has about 900 or so people there. To compare, there's a high school in in the ten miles up the interstate and it has about 1800 students five days a week and they cram them into a few big buildings and it only has one sheriff's deputy assigned to it.
Posted on 12/25/14 at 5:31 pm to Gulf Coast Tiger
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If you have to depend on traffic tickets to keep your city afloat you probably shouldn't have a city or a police department.
This is a goddamn epidemic.
There are way too many towns all over the country that are way too small to have a dept and should leave policing up to the Sheriff's Office and State Troopers assigned to the parish/county.
It is about stealing money from strangers, because that's what small towns have decided they want to do in order to maintain their fiefdom and see how far they get paying for the police department and municipality they can't afford to honestly maintain. It's despicable fiscal nonsense and a perversion of law enforcement and whatnot.
Either you can afford a PD or you can't and have to let the Sheriff's Office and State Police Troopers handle things.
Also, Fines are a direct and perverse incentive for corruption and for police officers to prioritize likelihood of gaining a fine over actual safety concerns. That's why you find so many cops on near deserted roads late at night. Meanwhile, in places where actually catching a speeder is more challenging due to heavier traffic, cops are near invisible.
Posted on 12/25/14 at 5:55 pm to the808bass
I do like having conversations with you. I like hearing the other side of arguments.
Posted on 12/25/14 at 6:07 pm to Gulf Coast Tiger
I think 808bass is one of the better, more thoughtful posters on the PoliBoard
Posted on 12/25/14 at 6:12 pm to Sentrius
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Also, Fines are a direct and perverse incentive for corruption and for police officers to prioritize likelihood of gaining a fine over actual safety concerns
Officers get nothing from fines so how can that make them corrupt?
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Meanwhile, in places where actually catching a speeder is more challenging due to heavier traffic, cops are near invisible.
Unless you have lazer then it is almost impossible to run radar in heavy traffic.
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There are way too many towns all over the country that are way too small to have a dept and should leave policing up to the Sheriff's Office and State Troopers assigned to the parish/county.
I agree, but in some states State Troopers don't answer calls. They only work traffic, Ms is a good example of this.
Posted on 12/25/14 at 6:14 pm to Gulf Coast Tiger
Posted on 12/25/14 at 6:20 pm to the808bass
St. Louis County sounds like a very shitty place to live.
Posted on 12/25/14 at 6:21 pm to the808bass
Well I feel cheated now. I only get hourly pay. 
I don't like those practices at all. I get paid for a hourly wage.
I don't like those practices at all. I get paid for a hourly wage.
Posted on 12/25/14 at 6:28 pm to Toddy
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St. Louis County sounds like a very shitty place to live.
Wouldn't live anywhere else!
Posted on 12/25/14 at 8:47 pm to Gulf Coast Tiger
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If you can afford cigs, beer and tats you should have insurance
Yup
Posted on 12/25/14 at 10:59 pm to Toddy
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St. Louis County sounds like a very shitty place to live.
Nah, its alright. It has its good and bad just like other places.
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