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Sure is good to see the police have the money (our money) to spend on this crap. Wasn't long ago they were announcing police and firefighter furloughs because they didn't have enough money to pay them.



Not around here. We only lay off teachers and school personnel. Apparently, the State Troopers breed like little bunnies as the 4 mile stretch of Hwy 74A (between Asheville and Lake Lure) ALWAYS has 4 Trooper Chargers parked along it all day. Sometime the county joins in the fun but they don't have unlimited resources like the Highway Patrol (and they are usually off dealing with actual crime).

We may have cut back on lots of things in NC in the down economy but there is no shortage of State Troopers.