An article in the York Dispatch says, “there’s a bill in the House that aims to get municipalities to switch from relying on state police for protection to local police. The other option: Pay up for state police.Under the proposal, municipalities that don’t have their own department or contract from local police would be charged $52 per resident the first year, $104 per resident the second year and $156 the third and each subsequent year.” [Read the complete article here.]