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Louisiana’s police shortage is what Democrats wanted
American Thinker ^ | 2 Mar, 2024 | Michael A. Letts

Posted on 03/02/2024 10:47:16 AM PST by MtnClimber

When you defund the police, you don’t have police. You have unchecked crime and the problems it brings.

If you defund the police, do you expect them to work for free?

In Louisiana, the Louisiana Sheriff’s Association estimates that sheriffs’ offices across the state are currently understaffed by approximately 1,800 deputies. This has created problems for agencies keeping the needed levels of officers on the street and increasing the response time for calls.

Governor Jeff Landry said, "Currently, our state is facing a shortage of officers, resulting in increased crime and less public safety."

The problem has gotten so bad that Landry, who is a former local police officer and sheriff’s deputy, issued an executive declaring a state of emergency this month. The order also allows lifts limits on how many new employees Louisiana sheriffs can hire and on payroll increases for their departments. The hope is that by lifting the limits, the agencies will be able to fill their ranks in a relatively short amount of time.

Police officer resignations were up 47 percent in 2022, compared with 2019, the year before the pandemic and George Floyd’s murder, according to a survey of nearly 200 police agencies by the Police Executive Research Forum. Retirements are up over that period are up 19 percent.

While Landry’s executive order is certainly a step in the right direction, it won’t work because it is no longer about the money.

As police agencies across the country are discovering, there just aren’t enough people out there who want to be police officers any longer. They have been disrespected and vilified. They have been attacked and had their lives placed in danger. They have been told they aren’t needed or wanted. And when they do their jobs and arrest criminals, they have to watch liberal...

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: marxism

1 posted on 03/02/2024 10:47:16 AM PST by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

This is the destabilization phase of a marxist revolution.


2 posted on 03/02/2024 10:47:52 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: MtnClimber

That’s what “Build Back Better” really means.

A National Police Force, full of illegals with no loyalty to this country, who will follow orders without question.


3 posted on 03/02/2024 10:49:58 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

Marxists believe that things have to get so bad, that people have to be in such despair, that they will accept it when the government tells them that the only way to restore order is for the government to take over all aspects of society.


4 posted on 03/02/2024 10:58:37 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: MtnClimber

Obama/Holder’s marxist DOJ wanted to take control of America’s 3500 local and independent police and sheriff forces, and pull it under Fed.gov / DOJ’s control

They did this through “defund police” movement, public “embarrassment” propagandizing cases like Michael Brown and George Floyd, subsequent Fed.gov lawsuits, and of course, via “street muscle” BLM burning American cities

This centralization and power-grab towards the center and leftist control was highly effective.


5 posted on 03/02/2024 10:59:33 AM PST by PGR88
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To: MtnClimber

Libtards trying to excuse the 13% is what drives this


6 posted on 03/02/2024 11:01:06 AM PST by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: MtnClimber

Just heard again CWII is what the Left wants and plans.

I still believe they will not get their desired results.


7 posted on 03/02/2024 11:01:37 AM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: MtnClimber

Just another example that any vote for any Democrat anywhere anytime is a vote to destroy the American nation.


8 posted on 03/02/2024 11:12:37 AM PST by allendale
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To: MtnClimber

Democrats the enemy within this nation.


9 posted on 03/02/2024 11:15:19 AM PST by Vaduz
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To: MtnClimber

Blacks and liberal whites wanted no cops. Let them have it. I don’t care what either group does to themselves.


10 posted on 03/02/2024 11:17:17 AM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: MtnClimber

Louisiana has one decent police force and that’s the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Department.

NOPD, that’s Not Our Problem Dude, is far better than it was 30 years ago.

As far as I call, the remainder of the state has police departments comprised of each others cousins and brother in laws with secure lifetime employment


11 posted on 03/02/2024 11:28:52 AM PST by Round Earther
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“Police officer resignations were up 47 percent in 2022, compared with 2019, the year before the pandemic and George Floyd’s murder..”

“Murder” my @$$ !!

I didn’t read the rest of your garbage.


12 posted on 03/02/2024 11:51:45 AM PST by BB62
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To: MtnClimber

Exactly.


13 posted on 03/02/2024 1:19:55 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: dfwgator
A National Police Force, full of illegals with no loyalty to this country, who will follow orders without question.

Yup.....

the left will use racial hatred to brutally oppress American citizens, particularly white ones since we are being so vilified already. All in preparation for that day, no doubt.

14 posted on 03/02/2024 1:21:57 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: MtnClimber

I’m having ominous feeling that America is about to collapse


15 posted on 03/02/2024 3:55:00 PM PST by Lee25 ( )
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