Police department in Ohio has started cutting back on patrol cars due to rise in gas prices.
QUICK FACTS:
- Police Chief Mark Ross of the South Zanesville Police Department said his department has been forced to limit the number of patrols on the road, according to Fox News.
- The decision to limit the mobility of more officers, according to Ross, is going to impact the safety of the streets of the Ohio town significantly.
- “We’re not as visible as we normally want to be,” Ross told “Fox & Friends.” “We’d like to move around through our village and let people see us.”
OHIO POLICE CHIEF ON CUTTING BACK ON PATROLS UNTIL GAS PRICES COME DOWN:
“We’re going to be over our budget if it continues,” said Ohio Police Chief Ross.
BACKGROUND:
- Although Ross claimed his community is “very pro-police,” he said that voters recently turned down an increase in the police budget due to rising prices and inflation.
- “Economically, we’re getting strapped here,” Ross explained. “And when you go to them and ask for more money off their property taxes, they’re going to turn it down.”
- As of Wednesday, the average price of gas in the state of Ohio was $5.03, compared to $3.02 last year at this time.
