Municipalities and Police Departments

We learned that there are many municipalities in the state of Missouri. Municipalities are cities that have local governments and hold a lot of power, and each city in MO has a police department. This created a problem for the residents in MO, people can be pulled over by police in the many cities for the same minor offense. Offenses that would give you a ticket. These tickets pile up and create debt, leaving people homeless or put people in jail and then be homeless. The police officers are also a problem, we learned that more police officers do not equal more protection, these officers are not trained properly because the standards are lower so more people get accepted. Quantity over quality. We get police officers making poor choices, and they lose trust from the public.