Published: 2 years 52 days ago
Sacramento Bee: If you're concerned about service cutbacks at Regional Transit, the figure $172,015 should loom large.
Why? Because $172,015 is how much it costs RT to contract for just one sworn Sacramento County sheriff's deputy to provide transit security. The district pays for seven deputies and a sergeant – a Sheriff's Department sergeant costs $189,384 – for a total of almost $1.4 million.
Faced with the agonizing choice of slashing service 22 percent or cutting security, the Regional Transit board of directors on Tuesday took the advice of RT General Manager Mike Wiley and voted to cut service.
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/31/2644923/rt-service-cuts-are-a-brutal-blow.html
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