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Archive Home > 2008 > November > 21 > Tiny Coburg sticks with its police force of two

Tiny Coburg sticks with its police force of two

Department’s funding renewed despite dearth of crime

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
November 21, 2008

COBURG — Maybe this sleepy Willamette Valley town of 1,000 residents north of Eugene doesn’t even need its own police force. Not a single violent crime has been reported in Coburg since 2006, and the city can afford only two full-time police officers.

But when Coburg....

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