题目选项分析

The proposal to hire ten new police officers in Middletown is quite foolish. There is sufficient funding to pay the salaries of the new officers, but not the salaries of additional court and prison employees to process the increased caseload of arrests and convictions that new officers usually generate.

>Which of the following, if true, will most seriously weaken the conclusion drawn above?

【选项】Middletown's ratio of police officers to citizens has reached a level at which an increase in the number of officers will have a deterrent effect on crime