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Helpful Site.
 * this had to do with the economical downfall of Rome*** (Important because Rome couldn't fund a police force)

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helpful thing to look at could be the Praetorian Guard*** []

A News Article On Police Cuts... []

The Following Is All Of The Information I have Gathered In General...


 * 1) Wealthy Roman’s would hire Roman guards.
 * 2) Extremely wealthy Romans would have their own private army
 * 3) Rome Could not put a police force in because they could not afford to pay them.
 * 4) Rome’s army partially acted as the police, but they did not really have a specific group of people
 * 5) Though their was never an actual Police force, Rome had a decent law enforcement system through the times of the republic, up until the decline of the Empire
 * 6) Augustus Caesar established the praetorian guard. The roles of the praetorian guard included
 * Bodyguard of the Emperor
 * The palace guard
 * As the only military force allowed in the city of Rome
 * Policing Rome
 * To stop any riots in the city
 * As intelligence units
 * Guarding prisoners that were waiting for trial before the Emperor
 * Interrogations
 * The praetorian guard were members of the military, not a technical police force

7. Rome couldn’t afford to pay a police force because since Rome had expanded to so many people they had bigger problems such as famine and barbarians.


 * Louisville Ky is having problems with the cities budget, so they are considering cutting the police force, and merging emergency medical help with the fire department. **


 * A problem with something that’s going on in the US is that Granite city Illinois is taking out more money than they are bringing in. This is effecting the Pension funds and if it keeps up there will be no more money left for the Retired police force and fire fighters. 80 year old people who worked as police officers and fire fighters are no longer going to have a secure retirement fund and that will be a problem because by that point they will no longer be able to work to support themselves. Their pension fund is expected to be fully recovered by 2016. Between 2005 and 2011 the Number of Police pension funded dropped by 12.8% ! **


 * Bay Union Is facing police cuts, and it is threatening the city because they are understaffed as is. They believe trimming the force will compromise the safety of the city. **
 * If three positions were eliminated, it would represent a 19 percent reduction in the patrol unit, according to the Ohio Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association. This would highly effect the safety of the city. It was said that, **
 * “It is unfortunate that the safety of the city is being put in jeopardy because of money.” **
 * A women said that she believes more then just the safety of the city will be effected, but the **
 * safety of the officers as well...they can’t do more with less. **

To Follow up my new research a couple of questions that I have are... 1.) Why is it that when a city is hurting for money, that they try and make police cuts?  2.) Is there something else that could be cut instead of Police, paramedics, and Firemen?...Safety could be more important then having addresses spray painted on a curb.

Below is information I obtained from my interview with Officer Goettke *If we didn’t have the officers to do this their could be more fights in school, drug abuse, and other illegal problems. The teachers could deal with this, but no legal action could be taken...ex- A teacher couldn’t arrest a student that got caught with drugs...
 * Info from interview with Officer Goettke... **
 * -Anderson township is currently having a funding issue **
 * -Parts of Western Hamilton can possibly go without a police force entirely **
 * - Inflation does have an effect on the police force. Due to inflation the price for new materials has gone up, making it so that they can hardly afford the necessary materials, much less possible luxuries... **
 * -Officer Goettke’s job involves patrolling the elementary schools, Nagel, and the high school’s, and ensuring their safety. Some other jobs entail patrolling your “beat area” that each officer is responsible for, and responding to dispatch calls **


 * -One of the effects that Is happening to the officers is that instead of dispatches on theft or whatever getting turned over to a detective, they now have to follow up on their own, increasing the work load, and giving them less time to focus on other works. **
 * - To try and help the matters, the force is hoping that revenue form Cincinnati’s new casino will help with money issues. **
 * - Officer Goettke believes that, although there might be less officers on patrol, the City of Cincinnati will not have to go without a Police force. **


 * //__MY FINAL SOLLUTION__//**

. "Praetorian Guard." // Roman Colosseum //. N.p., 2008. Web. 10 Feb 2012. .
 * //__Sources Cited:__//**

Geiselman, Bruce. "Bay Village council discusses police cuts, but union and mayor object." [Bay Village] 31 Jan 2012, n. pag. Web. 13 Feb. 2012. 

Gill, N.S. "Fall of Rome." // About //. About.com, n.d. Web. 13 Feb 2012. .

Goettke, Officer. Personal Interview. 06Feb2012.