When Saint Paul was awarded the honor of hosting the 2008 Republican National Convention, the first two questions asked on the public safety side of the equation were: how many cops will it take to keep the peace and where will we find the cops to do it?rnAn early estimate by the Saint Paul administration was between 6,000-10,000 officers would be required to control the expected horde of demonstrators and protestors that many observers expected to descend on the city.rnNo doubt this caught the attention of every officer in Minnesota, since the entire state boasts only 10,000 sworn officers. If they were all in St. Paul the first week of September, who would be tending the store at home?
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