I think that is a unique situation. Or, at least, rare.
It is expensive. Look, there is a larger town nearby- they cant afford to hire and train their own police, they contract out to the LA County Sheriffs- this is not uncommon.
In Arkansas all LE goes through the same training.
They have to have graduated highschool. Easier to get hired with some military background.
Not saying they’re all the sharpest tacks in the box. I think for the most part they’re ok.
Which BTW would seem to point to the various smaller towns that incorporated themselves just so the City Of Los Angeles would not absorb them, being a good deal for the LA County Sherriff. In the end it’s the residents and businesses of those towns that end up paying the taxes to pay the contract anyway.
Pay for your own police protections. We’re good.
If you want to live in unincorporated land then you do not get the benefits those who live in incorporated places do. Seems pretty simple to me.
Pay for your own police. Same as everyone else in the country does. Or, go without as you like. Up to you.
Cities are subsidizing your police (sheriff deputies) coverage. If you want to be free and pay no taxes then fine. You get no police or fire protection.
Take the good with the bad.
As we have explained over in over, people in unincorporated areas do pay for their own police- they are called County Sheriffs.
You know I asked you to back this up with a cite, and you admitted you could not.
And has been explained over and over your protection is subsidized by others in the county (with some rare exceptions).
Pay your due.
I do where I live.
Again, you are making assumptions with no evidence.
No, it is not. I pay higher county taxes than my neighbors in the nearby town. There are loads of 'special assessments" on my bill they do not have.
No, you did not .
Did you show otherwise?
Wait?! Are you implying people in cities do not get the benefit of a sheriff’s department in addition to city police? I’ve told you how that is wrong so yet again, we had a rattlesnake in a city dog park. Officer Bimbeau couldn’t do it so the sheriff had to.
I’m not doing this. The evidence is above. As noted counties and cities/towns can have weird relationships. Most cities/towns reside in a county. But there are exceptions and it seems you want to pile on the rare exceptions. I’m done with that, I think it has been addressed.
I pay for mine as well. And they perform many many services city police do not.
For the good of the whole county. All the cities and towns in the county. All of them.
Simple as that.
But you do not pay for police.
I pay for both.
There is an overlap. I get to pay for police and sheriffs and you get to pay for sheriffs.
WTF are you going on about? You said that being unable to incorporate is unique or rare. I gave evidence that, at least in Colorado, the inability to incorporate is not at all rare. Where is YOUR evidence that it is relatively easy to incorporate? The digression of if cities are in counties and their relationship has nothing to do with what you are assuming about incorporation.
And you get services from both. So what’s the problem?
Are you saying Colorado refuses to let towns incorporate? Or just that they have to jump through some hoops? I’m willing to bet there is a process for that.
I pay for police to catch me speeding. Why do I have to pay for sheriffs to catch me speeding?
Seems they are doing the same thing.
Did you even read it? They have to meet certain requirement that many areas in the state cannot meet.
I answered that earlier
Seriously, are your reading the other posts because it seems like you’re not.
Back atcha.
Wait. Doesn’t most City government get their funds from sales taxes paid in the area?
Where do you think people who live where there are no Walmarts, Targets, gas stations, restaurants and malls shop?
Your municipal taxes pay for the city pool or golf course, I guess.