Keeping First Responders on the Job

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Keeping First Responders on the Job
Posted by Matt Compton on October 25, 2011 at 5:24 PM EDT

Tyrone Booth and Jesse Carpenter are police officers in Flint, Michigan -- where Vice President Biden visited earlier this month. Because of budget cuts, they've seen their department shrink since the start of the recession. In fact, at various times in recent years, each has been laid off from the force. Both are keenly aware of the ways in which these reductions have put public safety at risk.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/10/ ... onders-job