Bailout: Sacramento region will hire 58 new cops, thanks to federal grants

The Sacramento Bee reports:

The federal government is bailing out cash-strapped law enforcement agencies in the Sacramento region once again, this time at levels not seen anywhere else in the nation.

In all, 58 officers will be hired by local police agencies over the next three years, thanks to nearly $22 million in U.S. Justice Department grants.

The biggest winner was the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department, which received $11.3 million, the largest grant in the country. That money will pay for 25 deputies who will be assigned to a new task force tackling youth and gang violence.

Obama's "jobs plan" is to bailout his coalition of government workers.