At a time when Alaska is looking to step right off a financial cliff, you are suggesting that APD should be paying counselors and shrinks to comfort people who have been traumatized. Personally, I am not at all religious, but comfort is comfort, and it does not take a $100/hour shrink to give immediate comfort to a victim  of a crime or to someone who has witnessed a horrific accident. The question you need to answer is what will APD do without in order to buy "comfort services."