Posted on 11/29/2021 5:38:08 PM PST by devane617
In a reversal of plans to divert funding from police to social services, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said Monday that she’ll push to reverse planned cuts to the city’s police department and seek to quickly hire more officers amid a spike in violence and homicides that has left some residents afraid to leave their homes.
The mayor’s announcement came after a weekend in which three people were killed, including a retired police officer acting as a security guard for a television news crew, bringing the number of homicides to 127 so far this year.
To address the violence, Schaaf said she’ll ask the city council to reverse funding cuts scheduled to take effect next year, though she still supports diversion efforts.
“When those messages and services are not effective … the consequences must be swift and certain,” Schaaf told reporters Monday on a Zoom call. “There is nothing progressive about unbridled gun violence.”
Amid a nationwide movement to shift funding away from police budgets after the killing of George Floyd, the progressive Oakland City Council also voted in June to spend $18 million on programs that aim to prevent street crime and address homelessness.
Oakland is among other liberal cities having to change course amid a spike in crime.
In June 2020, the Portland City Council and the mayor cut millions from the police budget. Earlier this month, the council unanimously passed a fall budget bump that included increasing the current $230 million police budget by an additional $5.2 million.
Turn your good guys loose to combat crime and have their backs.
That's the job of a CEO.
Screw BLM, ANTIFA, Lefty teachers, college kids and politicians
No backsies.
Doesn’t matter. It’s too late and the cops know you support the criminals. That includes the new hires.
They won’t do the slightest thing that endangers their career.
Pretty slick move.
They can hire all the police they want, but until they get rid of the Soros-funded DA’s, nothing is going to change.
You got it. A slick move that impacts taxpayers.
They understand that, but the fools [sheep] don’t.
Oakland Mayor: Get rid of the cops. Who needs ‘em? Everybody’s free now.
Step Two: Oh, no, what do we do about crime out of control and people getting mad at me over it? Bring back the cops.
Similar to “I’m running away from home. Who needs my parents, always telling me what to do, making rules for me. I’m better out on my own making my own rules.”
Followed by: “It’s so dark out here. My mom’s probably making chicken or roast beef and I know she was baking a chocolate cake. I’m so hungry. I’m going back home.”
The runaway kid was more mature than the Dem Mayor.
If it’s Libby Libby Libby
On the label label label
There’s a moron moron moron
As your mayor mayor mayor.
Exactly. Oakland will likely be a dept officers will hire on to because they have openings, do the bare minimum, and leave the second they can lateral into a more suburban or rural dept.
Yup. These clowns don’t recognize that actions have consequences. I’m surprised these Moonbats can boil and egg without scalding their hand.
What happened to London Broil?
Since no one has to vote in person any longer, having everyone (other than criminals) too scared to leave home suits the Demagogic Party fine, particularly on the Left Coast.
Yeah, and why aren’t they sending those social workers out there to do their job when the citizens call 911? I thought that was the plan! To send social workers instead of cops to “diffuse” the situation.
What cop in their right mind would work for this clown?
They do seem to be taking that for granted, don't they? I don't think it's going to be quite as easy as all that.
Let’s see———
I am a cop with a solid background-—
I have watch Oakland & other places defile & embarrass the police in many ways-—
Lenient bail & lenient sentences & letting people out of prison ‘due to Covid’ has even more miscreants loose——
The criminals have taken over-—
The streets are NO LONGER SAFE-—
The businesses are no longer safe——
You could NOT pay me $5000 per hour in untraceable CASH to spend one second on the streets of Oakland now......
You created this, Ms Mayor.
You deal with it-—as long as you are alive.
The feral animals don’t care who anyone is anymore....they just attack.
When they run out of fruit on the lower branches-—they will be seeking the higher up persons.
As a female, I am beyond disgusted with the actions of female Mayors & Governors.
Where is today’s Margaret Thatcher??? Golda Meier???
None of these ‘females’ should have been let out of the basement.
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