Posted on 08/01/2010 4:33:22 PM PDT by Libloather
Layoffs to gut East St. Louis police force
BY NICHOLAS J.C. PISTOR
Posted: Friday, July 30, 2010 2:15 pm
EAST ST. LOUIS - The Rev. Joseph Tracy said he’s tired of going to funerals. And now, he suspects he’ll be going to more of them.
"It’s open field day now," said Tracy, the pastor of Straightway Baptist Church here. "The criminals are going to run wild."
Gang activity. Drug dealing. Cold-blooded killing. Tracy worries that a decision to shrink the police force by almost 30 percent will bring more of everything.
The pastor voiced his concern on Friday at a raucous special City Council meeting at which East St. Louis Mayor Alvin Parks announced that the city will layoff 37 employees, including 19 of its 62 police officers, 11 firefighters, four public works employees, and three administrators. The layoffs take effect on Sunday.
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My best advice; don't do it.
Me too. I was with my family, we were driving to Walleyworld.
I’m confused. I thought there was a lot of protest about the cops in the ‘hood. Some people are never satisfied.
More seriously, the good pastor will be correct if the cuts are deep and the populace remains unarmed and unorganized.
“The criminals are going to run wild.”
The criminals have been running wild. Voting some of them out of office would make things better...
It is the good rev. announcing a new discount day for funerals? ;-)_
the criminals already run wild on the East Side..
Hey, you need to upgrade to something without hubcaps.
East St Louis is completely dysfunctional. Coming soon to a neighborhood near you.
They already are.
East St. Louis murder site had slaughter chamber
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_ac47182b-0b8b-5ec1-a38c-12729e4b85ee.html
They already are.
East St. Louis murder site had slaughter chamber
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_ac47182b-0b8b-5ec1-a38c-12729e4b85ee.html
They are talking about EAST St. Louis, right? Its already about as lawless as Deadwood (the series).
Maybe the Pastor better get his flock together and take the ‘hood back.
They should have armed up and done this a long time ago. The sheeple have become too dependent on the police. It’s about time they got some guts to confront their wayward “brothers”.
Three administrators, huh? How will E. St. Louis cope?
cops got layoffs cuz they didnt want furlough days so now they crying. union heads said no furloughs so they got fired instead. great priorities these unions have
How’s that precious diversity working out for you now LOL. Give BO another 4 years and we’ll all be wishing for life in E. St Louis after living in ‘Mad Max’ dysfunctional world.
Who knows - it might make the community more responsible - the game ‘we keep secrets from the cops’ might end when faces with the natural consequences of their choices...
Police never stop criminals they just harass the law abiding with their money making traffic stops.
Cutting the police force in half or more makes no difference to the real crime rate it would just make the population safer.
See that sign that says ‘rib tips’?
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