>Vast majority of police departments won't have time for that. How much of that is because they won't allocate time for that but rather allocate time for a mor

>Vast majority of police departments won't have time for that. How much of that is because they won't allocate time for that but rather allocate time for a more profitable operation, like writing traffic citations? Has there ever been a public accounting on what police departments spend their time on? My medium sized city spends about $500 million a year on police. That seems like a lot. It's the largest single expenditure.