One constable and a dozen or so volunteers would likely serve the community of 1,000 better than four full timers. My great uncle was the constable of southern Sacramento County for many years into the 30's to 60's. Did the job alone. But that's back when men were men.

People are people, you hire bright enthusiastic people which is a good thing, they want to do a good job and make their boss happy which is a good thing, they want to expand their organization and grow into new areas which is a good thing . . . if you are talking about a private for-profit business--but bad for a public service organization which might be growing in a manner to curtail peoples liberty. How do I show my boss that I'm more enthusiastic than Joe? Perhaps I should write more citations. Maybe the officers want to expand their budget and "hey lets collect more remittances from citations."

This is signs of a greater problem, where the department grows for it's own goals and not the goals of the community.