I hate citing things when I can't state exactly where the numbers come from, but the public has no idea of the amount of LE services delivered by "less than full time" or "career" cops. I dimly recall that the average agency size in Ohio, or the nation, I can't remember which, is 13 officers, and that somewhere around 30 to 40% of policing is done by part-timers. "Seasonal" or "hobby cop," no one is "just" anything. Of course there are nitwits in the part-time ranks. And there are full-time bone-heads, too. NYPD Auxiliaries work unarmed. They don't catch hot calls, but I can't imagine working in uniform like that, and one of their was killed last year. And when full-timers start bitching about "scabs" and loosing out on special duty details, they need to remember that their days off, vacations, sicktime, and a lot of just plain funky police work, like manning a traffic post when the signal is out, are covered by these guys and girls.
Popular Los Angeles Reserve Deputy Recently Qualified for Lone Patrol - News - LawOfficer.com
Good catch. And I haven't even made one crack about him being a lawyer.
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