Subj : Re: @RonL. $ @Aaron
To   : Kurt Weiske
From : Mike Powell
Date : Sat Mar 02 2024 15:04:47

 > -=> Mike Powell wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

 >  MP> Around here, the State Police are often "the law" in rural areas.  A
 >  MP> town of 47k would usually have their own force, but they may cover the
 >  MP> whole county rather than just that city.

 >  MP> Sounds like something different than the "defund" movements.

 > Yeah, but claiming otherwise will help convince some gullible rubes of
 > their talking points.

 > We're currently looking at consolidating 3 smaller communities fire
 > departments for the same economies of scale. I don't see anyone calling
 > the proponents pro-fire or screaming about defunding the fire
 > department.

Careful, once your message makes the rounds here, there might be some that
claim there is a "defund the fire department" movement afoot.

There have been some consolidations of fire dep0arments going on here because
the volunteer departments can no longer find volunteers.  Being a volunteer
firefighter apparently does not appeal as much to the current generations as it
used to.  As a result, the smaller volunteer departments are either
consolidating into one, or the areas they covered are being turned over to
nearby professional departments -- who may or may not have the personnel
resources to be stretched to those areas.

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