Liberal Communities Need Cops

New York Times ^ | December 28, 2005 | TIMOTHY EGAN

[armymarinedad]

SEATTLE, Dec. 26 - Among the depleted ranks of police departments throughout the country, it has come to this: desperate want ads offering signing bonuses to new recruits, and cops paying other cops to find new cops.

It seems nobody wants to be a police officer anymore, officials say. As a result, departments are taking a page from recruiters in sports and the corporate world. Here in King County, the most populous in the Pacific Northwest, the Sheriff's Office is trying a kind of bounty hunting: any deputy who can bring in someone who eventually becomes an officer will get a bonus of 40 hours of extra vacation time, worth up to $1,300.

[Farmer Dean]

Too busy promoting gay rights and other such worthy issues to be bothered with public service in the true sense.

[joesnuffy]

Ya sure hit that nail on the head....

[Grateful One]

Why would anyone want to be a cop in a place run by a left-wing government, other than the opportunities for self-enrichment through corruption...................?

Are you talking about Janet Reno?

[freedumb2003]

As long as they keep suing cops for doing their job, they will continue to have this problem.

Liberal cities are the worst because they are the first to throw the cops under the bus.

[EricT.]

I've not heard of any trouble in Nashville. This town is crawling with cops.

[KeyLargo]

Can anyone name an actual conservative big city? I do not know of any such entity.

[Preachin']

Of course, there'd be no crime if the populous of these liberal (inner-city) communities weren't oppressed by the rest of us.

/sarcasm