Posted on 06/28/2015 12:41:47 PM PDT by Lorianne
Mayor Bill de Blasio, in a sharp shift from his initial objections, is poised to hire nearly 1,300 additional officers for the New York Police Department, a surprising addition in a $78.5 billion budget deal announced by city leaders on Monday night.
The mayor, who has pledged to improve police-community relations, has long been hesitant to hire more officers, saying he felt comfortable with the citys near-record-low level of crime. But his administration has come under intense pressure in recent weeks after a notable increase in homicides and shootings compared with the same period last year.
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Will the candidates be vetted and approved by the Dept of Just Us?
Only blacks, homosexuals and muslims need apply.
Based upon his past performance, they will all be queer, TSA hand me down fired personnel, and their main duties will be to shake down stores for dirty sidewalks, arrest people selling individual cigarettes, stop and grope teams, large sugary drink and salt SWAT teams, etc.
Maybe he can hire some from Baltimore. They don’t seem to want their police.
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