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Message: <blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1121627" data-attributes="member: 14668">There are areas I deliver to where the response time on a 911 call at night might be 30 minutes or more.There are entire counties in southern Oregon that, due to budget cuts, might only have one deputy on patrol at night for an area of over 2000 square miles."Backup" from the State Police or the nearest city police might take 2 hours to arrive.The idea that a sheriff deputy who patrols such an area should spend an extra hour ot two of his day commuting to headquarters unarmed in order to retrieve or drop off his duty weapon and car is idiotic. These guys are on-call 24/7 emergency responders for very large and remote areas. Taking their vehicles and equipment home at night is the most cost-effective way to reduce response times for the areas they serve.</blockquote>