By Bob Walsh
A total of 99 Dallas PD officers have either retired or otherwise left the department in the last ten weeks. There are only 30 people in the upcoming academy class, and it is unlikely they will all graduate. That class does not start until February. They were hoping for 60 in that class.
The Dallas PD has an ideal strength of 3,500 sworn officers. It is now down to 3,252, approximately 10% below optimal. They would like to have 3 officers per 1,000 residents, which on a national average is very good.
Last year the department lost 294 officers and hired 142. Their pay is below par and their pension fund is in serious financial trouble. They disbanded their property crime unit and their motorcycle unit is half its previous strength. Overall violent crime is up 12% this year over last. The homicide clearance rate is 48%.
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As soon as they started the drop system pensions a lot of retirement systems began losing money. Retirement should be based on position salary, not overtime. If a pension fund includes overtime, the good old boys that control grant overtime and special event overtime can manipulate each others pensions. It's still happening around the country and pension systems will go belly up.
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