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Re:Mathematicians urge colleagues to boycott police work in ... by cvlasdkv on Monday June 22, 2020 @07:15PM (#23608071)
> In order to support the growing population the police force must continue to grow as well.

Do you have a source for this claim? I mean we can all claim it is intuitive but just how many police, how "well funded", what equipment, and what jurisdiction?

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Re:Mathematicians urge colleagues to boycott police work in ... by austincheney on Monday June 22, 2020 @09:50PM (#23609171)
It’s based on participation of people in things like city council attendance, bond package votes, participation on local Facebook pages, and so forth. No, I don’t have actual numbers.
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