# 'F\_\_k your breath!'  Another dead suspect

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f__k-your-breath-another-dead-suspect/717677>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 14, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f__k-your-breath-another-dead-suspect/717677 "2015-04-14T20:37:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f__k-your-breath-another-dead-suspect/717677/21 "2015-04-15T15:22:41Z")

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> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> Based on that report, it does appear that in general, tax cuts and cuts to police budgets have resulted in more use of volunteers.

Given that volunteers do not have the training required of actual police officers, I think they should be restricted to non-enforcement duties. This will free up able-bodied, trained, police officers and sheriff’s deputies to do the law-enforcement work. If there are not enough actual LEOs to do the job, that’s too bad. Citizens can have the police force they want, or they can have lower taxes. They can’t have both. Responsible people know this, and will make the choice.

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**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f__k-your-breath-another-dead-suspect/717677/22 "2015-04-15T15:44:52Z")

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Reprehensible incident, stupid use of volunteers, misleading headline.

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**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f__k-your-breath-another-dead-suspect/717677/23 "2015-04-15T21:57:27Z")

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> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> And here’s the report referred to in the CNN article, prepared by the International Association of Chiefs of Police: [Volunteers in Police Service Add Value While Budgets Decrease](http://www.theiacp.org/Portals/0/documents/pdfs/VIPS_police_service_add_value_while_budgets_decrease.pdf)
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> My underlining. Based on that report, it does appear that in general, tax cuts and cuts to police budgets have resulted in more use of volunteers.

Yabbut, you know what? They hardly ever let the candystripers practice medicine no matter how much money it saves the hospital. Possibly some kind of policy like that would be in order.

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