 flint s theory on public safety think happy thoughts one more reason to avoid flint  officials plan to lay off 57 police officers in flint by the end of the month a move that has some people concerned about public safety well not everyone is concerned about public safety namely two groups criminals and those in the flint mayor rsquo s office mayor dayne walling announced the layoffs last month after contract negotiations with public safety unions came to a standstill he says public safety relies on smart policing not just the size of the payroll so if his theory is correct if you put stephen hawking in charge of the flint pd there will be no crime i m not sure i follow let s be honest the one type of job you don t cut in flint is the police officer consistently ranked as one of the united states most dangerous cities  if there is a city that needs a large police force it s flint we have budget issues in michigan but i have a solution a training program could be set up to transfer detroit teachers to the flint police department the former are effectively useless in their current positions and the latter thanks to the mayor desperately need bodies it rsquo s as close to a winwin as we can get  