Don't Bother Calling The Cops In Oakland
Rockadelic
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Don't know if this is a threat/ploy or if the Chief will really go through with it......
With all the cash poor cities in the U.S. we'll probably see more of this.....and then National Guards on patrol.
Wonderful.
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Oakland's police chief is making some dire claims about what his force will and will not respond to if layoffs go as planned.
Chief Anthony Batts listed exactly 44 situations that his officers will no longer respond to and they include grand theft, burglary, car wrecks, identity theft and vandalism. He says if you live and Oakland and one of the above happens to you, you need to let police know on-line.
Some 80 officers were to be let go at midnight last night if a last-minute deal was not reached. That's about ten percent of the work force.
"I came her e to build an organization, not downsize one," said Batts, who was given the top job in October.
With all the cash poor cities in the U.S. we'll probably see more of this.....and then National Guards on patrol.
Wonderful.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
Oakland's police chief is making some dire claims about what his force will and will not respond to if layoffs go as planned.
Chief Anthony Batts listed exactly 44 situations that his officers will no longer respond to and they include grand theft, burglary, car wrecks, identity theft and vandalism. He says if you live and Oakland and one of the above happens to you, you need to let police know on-line.
Some 80 officers were to be let go at midnight last night if a last-minute deal was not reached. That's about ten percent of the work force.
"I came her e to build an organization, not downsize one," said Batts, who was given the top job in October.
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"In the back"
natch
To be fair Mehserle was a BART cop.. That doesn't mean OPD isn't gonna do the same.
Dellum's tenure as Mayor has been a disaster. The two sides have until 5 pm today to hash it out. From what I heard the major sticking points are the city is asking the union to put in some of their $188,000 salaries' towards their pensions. And the union wants a three year no layoffs deal.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/20/BAKN1EGPDK.DTL&type=newsbayarea