Posted on 06/23/2020 12:59:57 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Even better: Send out a social justice warrior?. See how long he/she lasts?
Oh yes. the standard “more money for social services”
Of course-THEY are incessantly telling us that THEY could do a better job than the Police... what could go wrong?
Vall-Hell-hole, California.
Given that the native language there has become Spanish, I believe it’s ‘mierda dura’.
I don’y have any police in my neighborhood and we don’t have crime. Must be something different between my area and Vallejo.
Gnarly dooood
I say put a pile of money in the middle of a room and let the school teachers and socialites fight for it!
Leftist don’t hate Police. They just hate police they can’t control and use to attack their political enemies.
80 remaining is a reduction of 46.66 % not 10.
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"Gee officer Krumke, what I need is a social worker......."
It seems it would be more "compassionate" to send out a social worker instead of police.Nope. You still need the police because when the "compassionate" weasel AKA social worker starts getting the shit beat out of him/her (probably by the wife), they're going to need a cop to take control of the already out of hand situation.
Could you people be more naïve?
Ed
Rental housing is so hard to come in the Bay Area that places like Vallejo, Modesto, Hayward, Milpitas, etc., located on the periphery of the wealthy sectors but offering rentals, have become pestholes where illegals and drug pushers congregate.
You have a leftist’s perception of satire. A lot of freepers must make you crazy.
"Brulee, creme brulee".
Domestic disturbance calls are the most dangerous calls for police to respond to. When emotions and anger are out of control in at least one party in the disturbance the officers are entering a minefield. A social worker would be insane or have no sense of self preservation to show up.
Fat pensions spell doom for many cities
The real nail in Vallejo's coffin was the city's labor costs. Under the current labor agreement, the average police officer walking the beat in Vallejo will be paid $122,000 this year before overtime, according to city documents. An average sergeant will make $151,000; a captain, $231,000. The average firefighter, meanwhile, will bring in $130,000 before overtime.
That's just the salaries, though. The final budget-crusher was the city's pension plan. Thanks to retroactive benefit enhancements approved by the city council in 2000, police officers and firefighters can now retire at age 50 and receive an annual pension equal to 90% of their final pay (assuming 30 years on the job), an amount that gets increased every year to help keep pace with inflation. The old plan had given the workers a pension equal to 60% of their final pay at age 50.
So a Vallejo police sergeant making $150,000 a year can now retire at age 50 and receive an annual pension of $135,000, increased each year for inflation. To put that amount in context, you would need to amass a retirement nest egg equal to about $3.5 million to produce a similar retirement income on your own.
It wasn't just police and firefighters who benefited from the city's largess. The annual pensions for rank-and-file city employees were jacked up from 60% of final pay at age 55 (after a 30-year career) to a whopping 80% of pay, increased each year for inflation.
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