Word: swap
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...simple notion reminiscent of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, the Police Corps would offer a swap: each year 25,000 competitively selected high school students would win federal financing for their college education (at an annual cost of approximately $10,000 a student); in exchange, they would agree to serve four years as local police officers after graduation. Fully funded, the program would set the feds back about $1.2 billion a year. Once sworn in, the four-year cops would be a bargain. The localities they serve would pay their salaries but in most cases could avoid paying their pension...
Other environmental groups, including the Sierra Club, have criticized thedeal as a "parks for highways" swap and said thatit allowed DeVillars to approve the projectwithout mandating revision of Scheme...