Ed, I agree with the residency law for police. But if you were a cop, how aggressive would you be about locking up the guy next door knowing that when he gets out of jail and you’re working the midnight shift, your wife and children are home alone. I just feel a cop living outside of the town where he works doesn’t have that fear for his family’s safety. And I’m sure that’s why cops are exempt from residency. Who cares where you live, as long as you do your job? That’s what counts. The Trenton Police Department has had a lot of difficulty recruiting quality applicants because they can’t hire from outside the city. This was proven at a recent recruiting drive, where numbers dwindled down to almost nothing. What’s more important, quality, quantity or locality? No one should be forced to live anywhere.

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“Who cares where you live, as long as you do your job?” But the point is, critics would say cops who live elsewhere have less incentive to do their jobs well because they’re not invested in the city.—Ed. Note