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I'm out of my depth here. Perhaps someone good at hacking and analyzing government data can help? The real comparisons seem: 1) If SWAT officers do regular
by mathattack 13y ago
I'm out of my depth here. Perhaps someone good at hacking and analyzing government data can help?
The real comparisons seem:
1) If SWAT officers do regular policing too, then compare the incremental annual cost of their goodies versus the 1 year fully loaded (salary + pension + benefits + equipment) cost of a police officer. I won't pretend to know this answer, other than tanks seem expensive, but then again so are cops.
2) If SWAT officers don't do regular policing, or do significantly less, then you need to add that to the equation.
Slightly off-topic, I have to admit that seeing cops patrol the streets with machine guns is a little off-putting. It reminds me quite a bit of Israel.