Crime’s down so fire cops
Crime is down. It’s way down. Crime rates are so low that you have to go back to the 50’s and early 60’s to find comparable numbers. Last year Chicago had its lowest homicide count since 1968. But while crime is down, the cost of policing is up.
This is of course a perfect excuse to eliminate police positions, cut budgets and attack pensions. In Toronto for instance, the only real criminal menace is the crack-head mayor. That’s why the local paper is leading the charge to radically reduce the size and cost of local law enforcement.