Originally posted by J.Beck
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There are negatives however when you talk about enlarging any organization that do need to be considered including merging of differing pay and benefit packages for paid staff, changes is rank and responsibility if you are truly to eliminate duplication (example one person in charge of training instead of the current 1 per department) and merging operational policies and SOPs.
I still feel that much of what you listed as areas that could be accomplished through consolidation could be accomplished through increased inter-departmental cooperation including joint specialized response teams, combined specialized services such as pubed and investigation, joint dispatch, joint admin such as payroll, joint capital planning and purchasing and even joint purchasing.
Bigger, while in some cases can have it's advantages, is not always better.
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