Originally posted by Force Fed 23
:o Never knew that. I'm assuming we aren't the 5th most populated county in the nation. Why do you think they are disproportionately larger? Just curious.
Partly because some areas have a larger PD rather than a Sheriff's Office. Some rely more on the state. In other cases you have multiple small township pd's rather than a larger agency.
Actually HCSO is not staffed as fully as it should be by population. Some agencies have a better officer to citizen ratio. It is not bad by any means but it is not disapportionate.
As a side note, Hillsborough county jail (which many agencies use) has more people arrested in a year than some WHOLE STATES!!:o I remember reading Montana as one of them.
Hillsborough County is in the top 1-3 in the state as far as traffic deaths and DUI's (ever why so many cops run traffic). Because of this there are many state and federal grants given to this county to combat those problems.
There are many amzing statistics about this area in comparison to the rest of the state and country. Hillsborough county is growing at a very fast pace and doesn't look like it will stop anytime soon.
Did you know there is something like 5 active gangs in Hillsborough County? Supposedly it is at the stages now that LA gangs were 20 years ago. I sure hope we don't have that to look forward to.