Well, THIS won't last long.
Maywood had a $450,000 deficit in a $210 million budget. In addition, it had been unable to obtain insurance and workers' compensation coverage because it had faced too many lawsuits, many involving the police.
Rather than declare bankruptcy, all city functions were outsourced this month. The duties of the 41 police officers -- who also patrolled the neighboring city of Cudahy -- were turned over to the sheriff's department in neighboring East Los Angeles.
Tax money is needed to buy votes for politicians.
Too many cities want the revenue from tickets without the expense of trials, court appointed attorneys, and lockup expenses for violent and thieving offenders.
If they’re following the same model as TPD the cops aren’t doing much anyway. We’ve got cameras for traffic violations, traffic accidents that don’t involve major injury aren’t responded to, call in that your place got broken into they mail you a form. Might as well get rid of them.
Ah, the old 'public safety' saw, again.
It has been reaffirmed in the courts, time and time again, that the police are not there to ensure anyone's safety. They're job is to uphold the law --period.
Perhaps the real reason why so many municipalities are disbanding their police forces is that they can no longer afford to pay settlements to the next of kin after the cops are done riddling the citizens with bullets.
That, along with the practice of padding their retirement pay was probably the straws that break the camels' backs.
from what I’ve seen of my local small town PD, we’d be better off without them.
There. Fixed it. I don't want a local police force who "know the nuances".
I want them to know who the nutcases are and keep them away from me and mine.
What if they disbanded the Police department and nobody notice...
Just Union Thugs without jobs.
A small city near us eliminated their police dept. to save money. After they did, people started asking “Exactly what are we getting for paying city taxes?” The county was already running the schools. Even the garbage collection was done privately. All they were getting was some extra city regulations and the honor of paying for a mayor, city council, and city bearucrats.
In other words, when the city quit providing extra police protection there was no reason for the city to exist. Eventually the city disbanded (or whatever the right word is for ceasing to be a city.)
Oakland laid off 80 officers last night.
On the heels of the riots last Thursday night over the Bart police officer shooting New Year’s Eve of 2008, this lack of fiscal ability to pay the cops is 80 fewer cops trying to keep the peace in Oakland.
One other note:
Written on the brick wall of a locally owned business the night of the riot:
SAY NO TO WORK
SAY YES TO LOOTING
That says it all-—
Thanks, LBJ, all that integration, welfare, Head Start & ‘education’——this is the end result.
The activities of the DOJ & NObama are setting race relations back over 100 years & cramming a double standard of activities at polling places will cause serious payback, IMO.
Will the SWAT teams disappear, too?
Allow residents more freedom less fear in keeping and using firearms, when duly needed, and you don’t need no stinkin’ police force. A sheriff will do when you need somebody to document a lawful shootin’
My recently former hometown of Mt. Clemens, MI ditched the PD and contracted with Sheriff about 5 years ago. Saved a ton of money and there is better law enforcement now. Most of the officers were absorbed as deputies.
Leslie Fish addressed this sort of thing in song. Excuse it’s length but it speaks to the question:
See him stalking day or night
The islands of the bay
Like some veteran tiger
Come to hunt his chosen pray
Hell never lack a target here
For scum will always rise
And to the man who guards your walls
That comes as no surprise
Chorus
And who will be the guardian
To take your dangers on
Who will guard your sleep at night
When old Black Cal is gone
For one in tens a predator
Who treats the rest as prey
So someones always needed here
To drive those wolves away
We never left the jungle
We just carted it to town
The leopards took on human form
And follow us around
Chorus
Who will dare deny him there
And say it isnt so
Must claim theres no walkway at night
They wouldnt dare to go
That sovereignty or righteousness
Will keep them safe from harm
And if their own front door is shut
The whole wide world is warm
Chorus
Who will say the job is wrong
And shouldnt be at all
Must then take up the gun themselves
To guard each door and wall
Must spend their nights in sentry lines
Their days in packing heat
Its easier to pay the man
Full time to guard your streets
Chorus
Evolution never stops
We always have to choose
The thug who waits to mug you
Is collecting Darwins dues
And you cant drive hyenas off
By kneeling down to pray
So who will raise the weapon then
To keep the beasts at bay
Chorus
Run like deer
Or die like sheep
Or take your dangers on
For you must guard your sleep yourselves
When old Black Cal is gone
I could use an APC and some RPGs for the upcoming elk season.