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https://www.insideedition.com/tiny-texas-town-with-250-residents-and-50-cops-fires-its-entire-police-department-after-ticket
The town had 250 people and 50 police officers.
The shocking part is where it says that's only 5X the cops for a town that size. Wtf? One or two should suffice in a town that small. We have a town here with just over a thousand, and they have no city cops at all.
10 cops means 1-2 on shift at a time, once you figure in days off, needing people working 24 hours a day, a leadership position or two, and people out sick/vacation, 10 people isn't as many as it sounds.
However, even 10 is a huge amount for a town of 250. I think most towns of 1-2k people generally don't have a department and usually rely on county police.
typical amount of police in countries vary between 0.1-0.7% of the population with most having around 0.2-0.4%