[14holestogie]

Yeah, I was playing lawman's advocate there, but by the same token, with all the restrained budgets and the effect that they have on manpower, you can't begrudge the city from trying something more efficient.
Same concept as when robotics starting taking over industry. You free up the person that would have had to do the same thing to do something else more worthwhile. I'd much rather have an officer available while I'm getting mugged than have him writing a ticket.