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Police Shortage Hits Cities and Small Towns Across the Country
NBC News ^ | 18 March 2017 | Safia Samee Ali

Posted on 03/22/2017 5:07:10 PM PDT by Lorianne

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To: Grams A

That’s exactly what Soros, Clinton, Jeb, CNN, MSNBC, the UN and a crap load more want to see. It’s the plan.


21 posted on 03/22/2017 7:48:22 PM PDT by enduserindy (I always smile when my competition doubles down on stupid.)
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To: Lorianne
not buying it....just like the mythical teacher "shortage" ....

what's happening is perhaps needed police can't be hired because the legacy costs are astronomical....

22 posted on 03/22/2017 9:33:22 PM PDT by cherry
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To: Lorianne; Celtic Conservative
Police Shortage Hits Cities and Small Towns Across the Country

So what's the problem?

Short police can get into smaller places.

Uniforms can be made more cheaply (not as much cloth).

It's easier for them to find things to hide behind (so no one knows they're there until TOO LATE -- Busted!)

If the crime rate goes down, they'll be ready to meet it eye to eye.

Officer involved shootings-- people always say, "why didn't they shoot them in the legs?" Think about it.

S.p.a.m.p.o
[its a lot like spam, but with an extra "p"]

The short of the long of it: It's the civil right thing to do.

23 posted on 03/22/2017 10:05:17 PM PDT by BlueDragon (my kinfolk had to fight off wagon burnin' scalp taking Comanches, reckon we could take on a few more)
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To: Lorianne

According to the numbers, the main duties of an American police officer in 2017 are, in order:

1) revenue collection
2) risking their lives in order to enforce lifestyle crimes of dubious constitutionality
3) paperwork

... and somewhere way way down the list might be “protecting the public”, but that depends on the agency.


24 posted on 03/23/2017 1:11:54 AM PDT by thoughtomator (Purple: the color of sedition)
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To: CMailBag

Here in NJ, cops (along with public school teachers and firemen) are our new upper middle class since so many good jobs left.

Cops minimize confrontation by just parking and scanning license plates; they then ticket those flagged for expired registrations.

A lot of white guys lost interest when they were kept behind blacks & women on hiring lists.


25 posted on 03/23/2017 3:34:49 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: CMailBag

Not just that big cities want only black candidates, and you must live insides the expensive crime riddled city limits. Memphis is the crime capitol of TN, they are 400 LEO short, if you are white you need not apply, promotion for being white are virtually nil. Over half the black population have been incarcerated so don’t meet qualifications. As to promotions, they are under educated compared to their white counter parts. They don’t study. Racism is always the cause though. You can go to a straight number system no names used, it is still racism they didn’t get the promotion, not that they failed the Eval tests.


26 posted on 03/23/2017 7:54:16 AM PDT by GailA (Ret. SCPO wife: suck it up buttercups it's President Donald Trump!)
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To: BlueDragon

Brief, but concise. In short, I like it. as long as they don’t train these foreshortened cadets halfway, I’m all for it. As long as we can insure full funding for their training. I wouldn’t want to see them cut off.

CC


27 posted on 03/23/2017 2:00:36 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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To: Lorianne

“I won’t work for the left wing mayor son of a bitch...... f ‘em” said the resigning cop


28 posted on 03/23/2017 2:04:39 PM PDT by Thibodeaux (the long night is over)
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To: Celtic Conservative

Exactly.

But wait...there's more. When they graduate;

Way lower $$$ to equip little cars to go beep beep beep than those code 3 lightbars at about 2 grand apiece (installed with controllers) on a full-sized cruiser.

Imagine the municipal savings that could be realized.
Midget car=better mileage too (leaves more funding available for retirements --am I a genius, or what?)

It's a win from the reduced size, reduced cost wheels up, as high as it can go...

29 posted on 03/23/2017 2:32:41 PM PDT by BlueDragon
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