Crime & Safety

What Readers Are Saying About Impending Police Cuts in Chesterfield Township

As many as 14 police department layoffs are expected.

Readers reacted strongly Thursday to Chesterfield Township's impending police layoffs.

Township Supervisor Michael Lovelock told Patch as many as 14 layoffs would take place soon by seniority.

Among the comments on our Facebook page were:

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  • Jen Orchard Headley: This STILL makes me sad! I am so disappointed in my fellow Chesterfield residents... *WHY* didn't you all vote YES???
  • Josephine Plodzik: We can't give what we don't have! All the government wants to do is take, take and take till there is no more to give! Remove your rights to protect yourself and remove those that help protect us...very sad!
  • Krystal Stone: I can't believe the millage didn't pass, the most important resource in a community is it's police, without it we are sitting ducks with crime on the rise! As it is there are too few, and they are under paid!

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