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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1362425" data-attributes="member: 14668">A few hours south of me, in Josephine County OR, the sheriffs office no longer has any deputies on patrol after 5:00 PM due to budget cuts.If you live in a community like Cave Junction or O&#039;Brien, the response time to a 911 call for police assistance is often measured in hours, depending upon how far away the nearest State Police patrol happens to be. There is no city police force and the sheriffs office normally has only one deputy on patrol, during daytime hours only, to patrol 1,642 square miles of country.If you are a woman filling out a restraining order against an abusive partner in Josephine County, the sheriff will advise you up front that he lacks the manpower to enforce or, in many cases, even serve the order and that your best course of action for your own safety is to &quot;move to an area where adequate law enforcement resources are available.&quot; This is a direct quote from the sheriff in a recent news article.The reality is that the only thing keeping the good people of Josephine County safe at this point.... is the Second Amendment.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1362425, member: 14668"] A few hours south of me, in Josephine County OR, the sheriffs office no longer has [I]any[/I] deputies on patrol after 5:00 PM due to budget cuts. If you live in a community like Cave Junction or O'Brien, the response time to a 911 call for police assistance is often measured in [I]hours, [/I]depending upon how far away the nearest State Police patrol happens to be. There is [I]no[/I] city police force and the sheriffs office normally has only [I]one[/I] deputy on patrol, during daytime hours only, to patrol [I]1,642 square miles [/I]of country. If you are a woman filling out a restraining order against an abusive partner in Josephine County, the sheriff will advise you up front that he lacks the manpower to enforce or, in many cases, even [I]serve[/I] the order and that your best course of action for your own safety is to "move to an area where adequate law enforcement resources are available." This is a direct quote from the sheriff in a recent news article. The reality is that the[I] only[/I] thing keeping the good people of Josephine County safe at this point.... is the Second Amendment. [/QUOTE]

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