Some good news from a bad economy

[Pat K]

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5 Southern Illinois sheriff's cars repossessed
ASSOCIATED PRESS
09/23/2009

CAIRO, Ill. — The sheriff of cash-strapped Alexander County in deep Southern Illinois says his crime-fighting efforts won't be deterred by the fact that he's recently lost three-quarters of his staff and five patrol cars.

David Barkett's job got a bit tougher Tuesday when his department surrendered the patrol cars to First National Bank in Cairo because of nonpayment.

That left Barkett's force with just one county-owned car. But he got some help Tuesday when he met with federal and state officials in Springfield and brought back a government-surplus 2004 Ford SUV to keep.

Barkett expects more donated vehicles to be headed his department's way.

Barkett's department recently laid off 11 employees, or three-quarters of its work force, because of budget restraints. Ten of those displaced workers were deputies.
 

[Kat Kanning]

Yesterday in Marblehead, MA, we drove by the Marblehead Police Museum.  We were speculating if we'd see a lot of these when we get rid of all the police

We took all the police,
put 'em in a police museum
and charged the people
a dollar and a half just to see 'em

[Raineyrocks]

Yesterday in Marblehead, MA, we drove by the Marblehead Police Museum.  We were speculating if we'd see a lot of these when we get rid of all the police

We took all the police,
put 'em in a police museum
and charged the people
a dollar and a half just to see 'em

   Did anyone pay?

[Kat Kanning]

None of us paid!