For weeks, Vice President Joe Biden has claimed that budget cuts have forced cities to reduce the size of their police force. He says the Obama jobs bill would put more officers on the streets and rape and murder would increase if the plan is defeated. But what do the real statistics show? Is there a connection between crime rates and the number of police on the job? And should the federal government be in the business of hiring local cops? We ask Jim Kouri, vice president of the National Association of Chiefs of Police.
