You only get what you pay for!

There was a case of vandalism in Hamilton Township on Sunday, a schoolbus had its windows smashed. But because of municipal pennypinching the victims have never seen a policeman to date. In what seems to be the norm in rural policing the incident was phoned in and a statement was taken over the phone.The police didn't have much time to look at the scene, even if they wanted to as the bus was towed away on Monday.

The way Hamilton Township is being policed may be cheaper but it certainly isn't very user friendly. Besides did the Township really get what they paid for. The Cobourg detachment was beefed up by 12 transferees, that works out to three extra on each shift, Cobourg devoted more time and attention than that.