{"id":5184,"date":"2020-02-16T18:42:45","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T23:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=5184"},"modified":"2023-06-06T06:57:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T10:57:27","slug":"durham-public-safety-study-1985","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/durham-public-safety-study-1985\/","title":{"rendered":"Durham Public Safety Program Study, 1985"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In March 1985, Durham city officials received a comprehensive analysis of their Public Safety Program, a combined fire and police system in place since 1970. The study concluded that both services could be improved and their costs lowered by either modifying the PSO program, or eventually separating the two services. City officials chose the latter. Then what happened? That\u2019s a story for a future time.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, read the study (PDF, 20 MB):\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1Jxesmw3oz7bfb8b52UxJkYnxolMM1Wxw\">via Google Drive<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5185\" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-02-16-pso.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1208\" height=\"1150\" border=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-02-16-pso.jpg 1208w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-02-16-pso-300x286.jpg 300w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-02-16-pso-1024x975.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-02-16-pso-730x695.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1208px) 100vw, 1208px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-animation=\"no-animation\" data-icons-animation=\"no-animation\" data-overlay=\"on\" data-change-size=\"\" data-button-size=\"0.7\" style=\"font-size:0.7em!important;display:none;\" class=\"supsystic-social-sharing supsystic-social-sharing-package-flat supsystic-social-sharing-content supsystic-social-sharing-content-align-left\" data-text=\"\"><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fdurham-public-safety-study-1985%2F\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u={url}\" data-nid=\"1\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"5184\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Durham Public Safety Program Study, 1985\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-facebook\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fdurham-public-safety-study-1985%2F&text=Durham+Public+Safety+Program+Study%2C+1985\" data-main-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url={url}&text={title}\" data-nid=\"2\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"5184\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Durham Public Safety Program Study, 1985\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-twitter\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fdurham-public-safety-study-1985%2F&description=Durham+Public+Safety+Program+Study%2C+1985\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url={url}&description={title}\" data-nid=\"7\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"5184\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Durham Public Safety Program Study, 1985\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-pinterest\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In March 1985, Durham city officials received a comprehensive analysis of their Public Safety Program, a combined fire and police system in place since 1970. 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