The shortage of personnel has caused some delay in answering calls, Coleman said. With events going on around campus such as the Calhoun County Basketball Tournament, there are not as many officers available to quickly respond to calls such as unlocking a student's car. If we lose more people or have to cut people, we would have to start cutting services. There is less gas money than would normally be available at this time, and the aging patrol cars are getting harder to maintain. If another hit from proration strikes, Coleman said there would be no alternative but to lay off personnel.
Proration is very devastating.
Of all the years we've had proration, we've never caught up from those years, so our budget is way below what it should be.