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City of Oakland Now Charging Small Business Owners for Summoning Police When Robbed
Citizen Watch Report ^

Posted on 01/24/2024 5:14:40 PM PST by davikkm

In a conversation with City Council candidate Chris Moore, Florez expressed his frustration, stating, “It is literally the definition of kicking someone when they are down.” The police arrived an hour after the robbery, only to secure the premises with a piece of wood and duct tape. The subsequent invoice for their response added insult to injury, with Florez highlighting the financial strain of the incident and the impracticality of expecting more funds for the police intervention.

(Excerpt) Read more at citizenwatchreport.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government
KEYWORDS: business; california; cityofoakland; crime; fees; police
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1 posted on 01/24/2024 5:14:40 PM PST by davikkm
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To: davikkm
Take care of your own security.

Its more reliable and effective.

2 posted on 01/24/2024 5:18:35 PM PST by G Larry (It's RACIST to impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL immigrants and minorities by importing ILLEGAL Laborers)
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To: davikkm

Well, the fire department charges when they make a call. And the ambulance. Fortunately, our water bill includes $10/month for those services. Some of the towns aren’t so lucky.


3 posted on 01/24/2024 5:19:23 PM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: davikkm

Sounds like the town in Mexico where I worked for a while in the 90s. If you wanted the police to even pretend to do anything, you had to donate about $20 for “gas money”.


4 posted on 01/24/2024 5:19:55 PM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: davikkm

Worse than dealing with the mob.

With the mob, you pay in advance weekly, but at least you don’t get robbed.


5 posted on 01/24/2024 5:20:00 PM PST by fruser1
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To: davikkm

Nothing in article states how much was the victim was fined by the cops for calling them.

It’s now about $1,200 for an ambulance ride by the LAFD, but only if you have a SS number. Taxes not enough to cover cost of basic gov operations? Or money already spent on illegals/EV buses/tranny surgeries?


6 posted on 01/24/2024 5:20:02 PM PST by TonyinLA (I don't have sufficient information to formulate a reasoned opinion said no lefty ever.)
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To: davikkm

Move your business to a location where this isn’t an issue (the crime or the political punishment).


7 posted on 01/24/2024 5:20:47 PM PST by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: davikkm

Shoot, shovel, shut-up, and save.


8 posted on 01/24/2024 5:27:54 PM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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To: davikkm
When seconds count, the police are only minutes away. But the Lefty politicians will send you a bill anyway. Defend yourself and your property? You run afoul of the "lenient" Left? Don't defend yourself and your property? Your just another brick of the society the Left wants to tear down.

Part of Obama's "fundamental transformation."

9 posted on 01/24/2024 5:28:26 PM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: davikkm

The purpose is to discourage businesses from reporting crimes.

If a crime isn’t reported, then it doesn’t enter the crime statistics.


10 posted on 01/24/2024 5:30:48 PM PST by SauronOfMordor (Either you will rule. Or you will be ruled. There is no other choice.)
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To: G Larry

That’s right.


11 posted on 01/24/2024 5:32:32 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: davikkm

Police have always charged money to respond to false business alarm calls where I live.

And I know that in some places you pay a yearly fee to the fire dept, and if you don’t pay and your house burns they will come out to make sure your neighbor who paid doesn’t have his property damaged.


12 posted on 01/24/2024 5:35:16 PM PST by algore
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To: TonyinLA

It’s common for obvious false alarm calls to be billed by police due to negligence by the owner, never a legit call.


13 posted on 01/24/2024 5:36:39 PM PST by matt04 ( )
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To: davikkm

Deduct those charges from the taxes paid to city!


14 posted on 01/24/2024 5:42:11 PM PST by drypowder
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To: davikkm

Just another minor detail in the mosaic of the country’s demise,


15 posted on 01/24/2024 5:56:35 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: davikkm

Why do they have to pay taxes ? so the council can party ?


16 posted on 01/24/2024 6:02:00 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: SauronOfMordor

So, just shoot the perp.

Dispose of body.

Don’t call the cops, it cost money! They don’t even have to leave Dunkin’

Everyone wins!


17 posted on 01/24/2024 6:32:39 PM PST by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: algore

In years past the local volunteer fire department would charge $800 for their response if you did not pay their annual dues amount.

Their last statement said the response fee amount was federally set if I remember right.

The dues were $100 this year. My mother paid $10 per year in the late 1960s to the Verdoy Volunteer Fire Department in upstate New York. They gave out a coin collector type thing and you filled it with 40 quarters.


18 posted on 01/24/2024 7:34:34 PM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: G Larry
ake care of your own security.

Its more reliable and effective.

That's when the police will show up immediately...to arrest the store owner for violating the "rights" of the criminal.

19 posted on 01/24/2024 7:34:49 PM PST by AlaskaErik (There are three kinds of rats: Rats, Damned Rats, and DemocRats.)
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To: butlerweave

“Why do they have to pay taxes ?”

So connected people can pretend to do work for 40 years and get 60 to 70 years of pay.


20 posted on 01/24/2024 7:36:25 PM PST by Brian Griffin
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