I grew up in a town of 5,200 and we had a police chief and two assistants. I think there were a couple of part time ones too.
I no longer live there but am close enough that I visit maybe once a month. I see several cops every time. I mean there must be 50 cops on the force. The sad thing is most people want it that way.
The city still has the same population btw.
Yep, I have been saying for some time that a good way to reduce the expenses for cities is to layoff 25% of the police. We have way too many cops abusing way too many citizens.