A modest proposal for fixing the economy

Have you noticed the economy is pretty bad right now? Of course you have because the media won't stop jamming it down our throats. Have you noticed those commercials on the radio asking for 2000 new RCMP officers? Of course you have, because it is on all the time. My proposal deals with both these problems. To increase the number of jobs, why not just put a police officer on every block of a certain size. This would drastically increase the number of jobs that don't need university degrees for those who have just lost their job and don't have time to go back to university. With a police officer on every block of every neighborhood, crime should decrease as the majority of criminals won't commit a crime if they see a cop nearby. Just think how people suddenly put on the brakes and slow way below the speed limit when they see a cop car behind them. Also, since police officers don't have to move all the time, they would no longer need police cars to patrol because they could simply walk. This would decrease the carbon dioxide production of the city, helping to combat global warming in the process. Of course, there are negatives. A sudden increase in police officers means less strict policies onwho can become a police officer. This system may be unfair to those police officers who have to work in more crime riddled neighbourhoods as compared to those who work in subrbs. Despite the negatives, if they ever manage to invent some sort of bullet, knife and fire prood suit, then I might just ditch my scientific plans and become a cop.