that s what i said to myself. when you get a savings like that, that changes everything. what savings? $480 that we re going to save. i think that makes it up. that s the tv? the tv and the tablets and the surround sound for the tv and other little things. why not just do it online? for here, i know i m going to get it. online you never know. not just by clicking it. there s chance you don t know if you re going to get it or not. i notice you have a generator out here. you really kind of camped out. we have to get some electr e electricity for the phones and laptops. you drag your whole family out here? they come and bring us some food. we take turns. we re saving and spending time with the family. your daughters over here said it s okay. they have a good time. yeah. they come and like to have fun and leave for a while too. it s good. i think it s you try to make it fun because you re saving money. that s the whole deal. as long as you re saving mone
are not just talking about budget cuts. they are abouting out dramale. technology keeps us connected but at what cost to our eyes? the news starts now. good evening. i m diane dwyer. cities and counties across the bay area are facing massive budget deficits. in valejo, they are cutting by half the number of patrol cars on the street. the move isn t expected to save that city much money but that city declared bankruptcy two years ago. kimberly terry is in valejo. reporter: police say they are making due with what they have, fewer patrol cars out and about and the lack of visibility has police and residents concerned. cutting the number of patrol units in half isn t expected to save the police department much money if any and response times are expected to increase. we find it safer to the officers as they encounter criminal activity. reporter: two officers instead of one will be assigned to each car. the police department has lost a third of its officers since the city
negotiating table and talk to people at front doors. they were handing out leaflets and telling people that cuts in staffing means increased response time. what they do is different than what other city departments do because people s lives depend on them. the question for the union is, if police can agree to concessions, why not firefighters? we ve made an identical proposal in that all of the features that were incorporated in the police officer s proposal we have and we have some added value features in ours so ours is worth even more money. but the city s response to that is that staffing for police departments is very different than staffing for fire departments, as they work differently and the same proposal can t be used for both. that s one reason why the firefighters latest proposal was rejected. the city says, in response to these threatened cuts, that they re rolling out something called dynamic staffing something that will help them move firefighters around