Monday, June 18, 2012

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN CRIME VICTIMS CALL A BUDGET-DEPLEATED COP SHOP?

Burglary victims were placed on prioritized waiting list; it took Oakland cops 3-1/2 hours to show up

Oakland, like other cash-strapped, near-bankrupt cities, has laid off a bunch of cops. The Obama administration is blaming Republicans for blocking the federal government from funding more teaches, firefighters and cops. I always thought that the funding of teachers, firefighters and cops was a local and state responsibility.

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU CALL THE COPS AND THEY ARE TOO BUSY TO COME?
By Bob Walsh

PACOVILLA Corrections blog
June 16, 2012

An interesting thing happened in the crime-ridden shithole of Oakland last week. Someone kicked in the front door of the Maher home in the Temescal neighborhood (a better area in Oakland). They called the cops around 10 p.m. They were smart enough to realize that entering the home could be hazardous to their health. The cops told them there were 109 calls ahead of them, including nine priority calls which included a hostage situation. Eventually the parents entered the home, leaving their three children in the yard. It was in fact clear.

The cops finally came, about 1:40 a.m., and left a sticky note on their door.

Alarms are common in the better areas, but it can take the cops a long time to respond to even a real burglary alarm.

What do the cops do when there is more crime than the cops can handle? What do the citizens do, other than suffer with it?

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