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>> and you already had a shortfall? >> we already had a shortfall. >> reporter: the city put land up for sale, borrowed money, furloughed employees, and cut programs. but even that wasn't enough to save what makes up the biggest part of their budget, the police department. >> i think the council had no other choice. i mean, because that was the only place -- you can't have a deficit. i mean, we just can't do as the federal government does. and so they had no other -- there was no other place to go to get that kind of money. >> reporter: the county sheriff will take over. but many here worry ab...

Over budget. >> reporter: and then there's the super bowl ad. >> isn't that kind of what the census is doing? uh-huh. >> reporter: republican congressman jay, a leading critic of the census, calls that an expensive embarrassment. >> i just think that we need to go back and look at this and say, was this well-executed? was this well planned? and right now i see by the tens and millions of dollars going out the door it's not going to count that person that was hard to find and some part of whatever state. >> reporter: overall the census bureau encourages people to return their census forms. >> i...

This is mason street. >> reporter: but soon she may have to hang up her badge for good. >> it's just a shock to everybody. nobody believed it. i couldn't believe it. but it was said that they have no money, so they cannot afford to fund the police department. and it was cut. >> reporter: in february the city council reduced the police force. now there's just three officers. the mayor says barring a miracle the entire department will probably be gone by july. >> so you don't have enough reserve or anything just to get through this economic downfall to keep a police department? >> unfortunately,...

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