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LeftInTX

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4. We did this for our parks in San Antonio

Reply to sarisataka (Original post)

Tue Jul 21, 2020, 12:59 PM

Jul 2020

We have miles of paved trails. In 2013, a girl was murdered. The city couldn't afford a bunch of police officers etc, so we've got trail volunteers. These are people who are out on the trails anyway.

It works out pretty good.

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Minneapolis one step closer to hiring civilian safety patrols [View all] sarisataka Jul 2020 OP

I hope they don't hire Zimmerman types, OneCrazyDiamond Jul 2020 #1

That's precisely what I was going to say (about Zimmerman) George II Jul 2020 #2

I image there are only a few people who would sign up. OneCrazyDiamond Jul 2020 #3

We did this for our parks in San Antonio LeftInTX Jul 2020 #4

Ahh, the Guardian Angels again. progree Jul 2020 #5

A quick Google sez the police budget is $193 million, so $500,000 is 0.26% of that n/t progree Jul 2020 #6