City Council members in Cincinnati, Ohio want to put a stop to the spread of bed bugs post haste.  They have recently signed into motion an order for the city administration to protect their police and firefighters from the dreaded critters.

Police and firefighters have been entering homes to help residents whenever they are called upon.  One thing these amazing public servants were not banking on was having blood sucking hitchhikers hop on board their equipment and follow them to their work place and eventually to their homes.
 
More and more police and firefighters have been infesting their own families because of their public contact.  The same is sure to be happening in New York and New Jersey, as well as all over the country.  In Cincinnati, firefighters work at different stations in each shift.  The end result is that bed bugs are traveling easily between all of the stations and the infestations keep growing.
 
The new motion would have the City negotiating with a pest control company to provide discounted eradication services for all of their officers and firefighters.  All police and fire trucks would also be equipped with special bed bug spray.

I wonder if NY and NJ officials did the same if there would be a significant decline in the bed bug populations?   Perhaps it is just a pipe dream though.  Cincinnati boasts a population of about 300,000 while New York City alone has over 8 million residents.
 
Maybe after more regulation, protection from bed bugs will become a similar priority.  But then you have to wonder about all of the school teachers, social workers, and other city workers that also deal with people and unknowingly become infested.  What about these folks?

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