re: Small Alabama town draws drivers into “legal black hole.”

4 officers is more than enough for a town of < 1,300.

3 officers running three 8 hour shifts. 2 holding the ranks of officer - corporal, one with a rank of sergeant serving as a de facto deputy chief. And then the chief (Lt - Capt) in the department running administrative responsibilities.

9 officers is overkill by multiple of 2-3x.

Edit: You can probably get away with only 2-3, but 4 is the absolute maximum.

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You could do that if the department was only open during business hours and had an on-call arrangement

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But how many SWAT raids need to be conducted in a town of 1,300?

A department only opening during business hours is sufficient for such a small town.

Many small towns have arrangements with the county sheriff’s office to provide back-up and/or investigative assistance to take some of the load off of the PD.

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geauxjuice

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I knew I recognized this name. Brought me back to a very old thread in which you posted some of the funniest stuff I've ever read on this site. In regards to a media girl at a game who I guess was wearing some unflattering pants:

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flatass mcassflat aka pancake booty mcflapjacks

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i dont know but her arse is the exact shape of my tv screen

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downright trapezoidal

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LINK

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But how many SWAT raids need to be conducted in a town of 1,300?

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Absolutely none.

I'd be surprised if the county even has enough work to justify a swat team.

I live in a town of about 10,000, and our police department has maybe 40 employees if you count the janitor and secretary.

They also handle other responsibilities, like animal control.

I think it's a reasonable expectation that a town should always have a police officer on duty. Maybe a small department can cede that responsibility to the county in non-peak or non-business hours, but I don't really know.

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Now I wanna see the picture.

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geauxjuice's poetry paints a pretty accurate picture from what I recall

dont get off i65 and use 31 south of Montgomery or you'll find several towns like the op one

BACK THE BLUE!
LICK THE BOOTS!

Back in the day it was Wilmer, speed trap capital of Alabama

They used to block all four lanes of HWY 49 going through Wiggins MS and have cops going up the lanes walking profiling people waiting in line to havre papers checked. They would radio up to their buddies when they spotted someone they suspected who would then walk around the car and tap on it to make their untrained mutt bark. They extorted many naive kids after tearing apart their car and finding a little weed. Probably destroyed many otherwise good kids lives too. They are still bad in that town but have stopped that massive operation of blocking 49 which has a huge median between the lanes