The Morrison Police Department is disbanding, and residents of the town should be asking questions. According to KDVR:
“The agency brought in total revenue (through traffic control fees and court fines) of just over $568,000 in 2023, and town documents estimate that the department will have collected $510,000 in 2024. The town was planning on about $930,000 in revenue generated by the department.”
Residents of Morrison pay taxes and public safety is top of the list when it comes to priorities for tax revenue. Yet, core to the department’s reasons for closing is a lack of revenue collected from speed traps.
They tax you in the name of public safety, then claim a budget shortfall for public safety due to not enough speeding criminals, then disband — public safety be damned.
Will the residents of Morrison receive a tax cut since they no longer have a police force? Probably not; but they may see county taxes increase to support new policing requirements as a result of this jurisdictional change.
The establishment protects itself, not the people of our great nation. Even at the most local levels.
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