POLICE COSTS A comparison

Here's a look at what it's costing Hubbard city and township residents to maintain their own police departments and the numbers for Howland Township, which is just slightly larger than the size of the Hubbard entities combined:
HUBBARD TOWNSHIP
Population: 6,020.
Staffing: Seven full time, including the chief, a detective and five patrol officers; full-time administrative assistants; 15 part-time officers.
Miles of roads patrolled: 89 miles (township, county and state roads).
Vehicles: Eight marked cars, three unmarked cars and a pickup truck.
2003 budget: $735,732, including an $89,825 carryover from 2002. A 10.25-mill levy produces $641,663 annually and $4,243 comes from other sources, including fines.
Dispatch: Township pays $40,785 annually for Trumbull County 911 dispatching services.
Union: Fraternal Order of Police, Ohio Labor Council.
HUBBARD CITY
Population: 8,284.
Staffing: 13 full time, including chief, detective sergeant, three sergeants, eight patrol officers; three part-time patrol officers; four full-time dispatchers; one part-time dispatcher.
Miles of roads patrolled: 37 miles (29.4 miles of city streets and 7.5 miles of state routes).
Vehicles: Eight cruisers, two unmarked cars.
2003 budget: $1.2 million from general fund. No levy support.
Dispatch: Own dispatching system.
Union: Fraternal Order of Police/Ohio Labor Council.
HOWLAND
Population: 17,546.
Staffing: 18 full-time officers, including chief, patrol officers, sergeants and captains; four part-time officers.
Miles of roads patrolled: 76 miles of township roads.
Vehicles: 18, including 14 marked cars.
2003 budget: $1.3 million with $1.19 million generated by a 4.5-mill police levy; $66,666 carryover from 2002 and $107,000 in miscellaneous income such as fines.
Dispatch: Trumbull County 911.
Union: Ohio Patrolmen's Benevolent Association.
Sources: Police departments