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Originally posted by bendable:
instead of $41,000 worth of hardware , for a dept. with 14 people per shift, would be much better off with three additional people per shift.

correct me if I am incorrect

Those things ($41k in gear versus three officers per shift) are in different worlds. Aside from personnel and equipment being budgeted for differently, by the time you pay wages, pension, and insurance, $41k doesn't cover six months of one cop.

I was thinking $1,000,000.00 per year for nine officers, three per shift.

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Originally posted by bendable:
I was thinking $1,000,000.00 per year for nine officers, three per shift.

Where I work, our personnel budget is about $10.5M for personnel for an authorized strength in the 80s.

It’s about $125K/year for the average cop here. Keep in mind we have some people (boss types) who make that in base salary.