tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597569938038396009.post7008048312362736423..comments2010-03-29T19:28:55.603-04:00PCMnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597569938038396009.post-63974928791228418452010-03-29T19:28:55.599-04:002010-03-29T19:28:55.599-04:00More police are definitely needed!Sargehttp://www.peaceofficerjobs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597569938038396009.post-67966796076161181322010-03-03T16:24:14.547-05:002010-03-03T16:24:14.547-05:00Houston is a big city? I just thought it was a place the Astos play.PCMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13647097472236933108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597569938038396009.post-42160914365707271222010-03-03T09:35:40.810-05:002010-03-03T09:35:40.810-05:00You forgot about my humble little police department down in Texas. Houston had a meager 213 officers per 100,000, and that was in 2006. We have lost even more officers since then.<br /><br />It always amazes me how Houston is the 3rd or 4th largest city (depending on who you ask and how they count) in America but is somehow always left out of discussions about major cities.Stryc9http://www.blogger.com/profile/11789032492698077970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597569938038396009.post-24453812433584839552010-03-03T03:16:29.792-05:002010-03-03T03:16:29.792-05:00Of course what really matters is what officer do, not how many there are. <br /><br />But still, Flint&#39;s proposed numbers, about 100 officers per 100,000, are shockingly low!PCMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13647097472236933108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597569938038396009.post-3771089039202148292010-03-02T02:54:53.800-05:002010-03-02T02:54:53.800-05:00Again St. Louis, ranked in the top five for per capita murders, has 1400 officers for 355,000 people. That is about 400 per 100,000. <br /><br />This link gives the numbers http://www.kmox.com/Black-police-group-says-racism-rampant-in-city-pol/6260012Lenin3http://www.blogger.com/profile/13893098969277173054noreply@blogger.com