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> Article 64
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8. Police
equipment and support systems
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| Article 64-Police stations | ||
| 64.1 | Police stations | |
| Police stations are an essential element of a neighbourhood. No location of a population greater than two thousand people should be devoid of at least one police station. | ||
| 64.2 | Economics and strategy of police stations as deterent | |
| The cost of economic managment means a government must always balance increased demands and limited means. This is also the case with resources dedicated to policing. | ||
| Economic arguments should never be used to justify the closure of police stations based on theoretical arguments of "economies of scale" and other psuedo arguments of efficiency. | ||
| Second to the physical presence of police on the street, there is no greater deterrent threat against crime and the breakdown of law and order than an active local police station. | ||
| Police stations are a physical deterrent to crime in an area. | ||
| 64.3 | Smaller local police stations and larger regional stations | |
| The minimum number of police assigned for a police station supporting up to 2,000 people should be at least six representing three on day shift and three on night shift. | ||
| The minimum number of police assigned to a regional police station supporting at least twelve to twenty smaller police stations is fifty, representing twenty five on day shift and twenty five on night shift. | ||
| Regional police stations should never be considered a replacement of local police stations. | ||
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