Cutting Costs in Financial Hard Times: Two Massachusetts Towns Consider a Police Merger
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Publication Date:
July 18, 2013
Industry:
Government
Source:
Harvard Kennedy School
When local governments face budget pressures, one approach is to regionalize services-that is, to seek out greater economies of scale by consolidating service delivery with other municipalities. This case describes the effort of two small (though well-heeled) Massachusetts towns to explore a police merger during the financial recession of 2009. The towns of Hamilton and Wenham, located north of Boston in the “North Shore” area, had, in the past, successfully consolidated school systems, libraries, recreation departments, and more. By some calculations, the towns stood to save a significant amount of money by merging police forces. Ultimately, however, they decided against it. The case includes partly conflicting data from several studies that estimate the financial impact of a police merger. Case number 1988.0
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Cutting Costs in Financial Hard Times: Two Massachusetts Towns Consider a Police Merger
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