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Papa_Tiger wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2023 11:56 am You are off by an order of magnitude. Should be Officers per capita, 1:4.98

Oh howlin' coyotes! You're right! The napkin I was writing on must have had that corner torn off at exactly the wrong time. Gotta go back and fix all that....

Excaliber wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2023 8:43 am The salaries and benefits for all those officers and the costs of their vehicles, equipment, and other support has to be eye popping. The required funds may have come largely from the revenue from the 5100 annual citations written. That could be around $1.75 million.

Back of napkin math: population of Coffee City, 249. Number of officers on force, 50. Officers per capita, 1:4.98.

Population of Dallas proper in 2021, 1.288 million. Number of officers on force for DPD to be equivalent to Coffee City, 258,812. The Dallas Police Department has just over 3,100 sworn LEOs and 600 non-sworn members.

Population of Houston proper in 2021, 2.288 million. Number of officers on force for HPD to be equivalent to Coffee City, 459,616. The Houston Police Department has approximately 5,300 sworn officers and 1,200 civilian support personnel.

Apples and oranges, admittedly, but still...