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       How Local Village police might state their case against GRACE
       Dissolution
   DIR By: Michael Caswell
       Date: March 14, 2020, 7:57 pm
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       No one disputes local village police departments don't do a good
       job, and it doesn't really matter which village is used as an
       example. They tend to use a Police Blotter to show their call
       logs and point at that to justify their existence and tax burden
       to their local village constituents.
       The problem is simple.
       Many villages pay a big price for police. We need them to keep
       those who wish to wander from the straight and narrow straight.
       We use them in life & death emergencies, first responders
       helping stranded motorists, stopping wife beatings, even putting
       their lives on the line, you name it, they do it, every time.
       Precious people.
       Our problem is, as tax payers, we are also paying the Monroe
       County Sheriff and the NYS State Troopers to do the same job.
       And they have stated plainly that if Fairport didn't have it's
       own Police force they are obligated top step in and take their
       place. It's not the village police who are at fault, or the
       Sheriff or State Trooper. It is the elected Village OFFICIALS
       who set up this ridiculous state of affairs, in the first place.
       We can't afford two or three layers of police, and this is the
       most expensive line item on the budget.
       Lets face it, those towns using just Sheriff departments to
       police are doing just fine. They are just as competent as any
       Village police department. For village police to brag about
       their work load in an attempt to justify their existence is
       demeaning to the local Monroe County Sheriff department.
       So if you are, against all advice, going to keep a village
       police force, then it's obvious that you have to not pay for the
       County Sheriff policing. So how do you do that?  I am just
       asking.
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