Criminologist Suggests Using MO Firefighters as Police Officers

From www.kmov.com:

By Dan Greenwald

St. Louis (MO) – A criminologist recently suggested St. Louis City should consider using firefighters to fight violent crime during their downtime.

University of St. Louis-Missouri criminologist Rick Rosenfeld, who is also an informal advisor to St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson, brought up the idea during a St. Louis Safety meeting Tuesday. Rosenfeld said the city should look at the idea of having some firefighters patrol the streets when they are not responding to fire calls.

Rosenfeld believes the idea may not be supported by the firefighters union, which has not commented on the proposal. However, the St. Louis Fire Department tweeted that it is very busy, answering 140,000 emergency calls per year.

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