same goes for urbandale, iowa. two more officers.e ones you have can go home to their families for supper now and then. tucson, you're a much bigger town with a lot going on. tucson, you're getting a bunch of new police officers thanks to a grant from the federal government. in fact, congratulations to a long roster of towns and counties in america. you are this year's winners. you applied for a grant from the justice department's cops hiring program and you won. we are much more used to news about towns cutting back on police and even closing down their whole police departments because they can't afford them anymore, but programs like the cops program can help these towns and counties. they can use federal money to hire new officers or to keep the ones they have so they don't get laid off. boy, are these towns and counties psyched about it. last year, for example, oakland, california, laid off dozens of police officers, so many that the officers who were left in oakland announced they would no longer respond to a long string of crim