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Originally Posted by Bend it like Bourgeois
They don't, any more then you help pay for their extra police.
These kinds of myths are handy for the mayor to trot out at tax timne though.
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Not sure I understand where you're coming from on this one...
It would be interesting to be able to see what CPS resources get used by the "inner city" vs "suburbs", for sure. I somewhat doubt that the difference is that big (at least on a per capita basis).
However, I would like to see the total annual operating budget of the police force vs the capital expentidures required to construct the new infrastructure used by the suburbs, as well as the operating expenses required to maintain that same infrastrucutre.
I haven't seen the numbers before, so I can't say for sure, but I find it hard to believe that the costs of building X kms of roads and utilities and multiple overpasses are comparable to a few extra police resources (assuming the difference between inner city vs suburbs is significant).