"I had hopes for another full-time officer through the federal COPS program, and it isn't going to happen now." -- Meet Ethan Ward, police chief of a tiny Pennsylvania town who runs the entire 3-person department on $88K per year. He finds equipment bargains on EBay, applies for grant money, and voluntarily went without pay for 10 weeks in the aftermath of Hurrican Ivan. On the one hand, I'd love to see this kind of dedication rewarded. He puts the bloated patronage and shenanigans of other departments to shame. On the other, I'd hate to see him held up as an example of "doing more with less" by the twisted logic of the Bush Administration. It's really a crime that he has so little to work with, and in urban areas this kind of austerity just wouldn't cut it. Grrrrr...