The significance of retaining the police force cannot be denied. It can be gauged by the fact that the city's crime rate has augmented considerably in the recent times; that, combined with the increasing attrition rate of sworn police personnel (Attrition Report, 2008), has made it all the more necessary to slow (if elimination is not immediately possible) the increasing number of resignations given by sworn police personnel. A number of steps must be taken by the chief of police as well as the city council in this regard.