The Police Tax

1) There are only a limited number of those other officers - and I won't be surprised to see their agencies follow LMPD's lead.

2) Most of the JCSO guys (many of who, I'll note, are retired LMPD officers) don't have marked cars, and do their off-duty in their own vehicle. Therefore, if they want a car, they probably won't hire a dep.

3) And, that's called capitalism.