By Bob Walsh
Tehama County is a nice, picturesque chunk of northern California. The whole county has about 65,000 people. There are two incorporated cities in the county, Red Bluff and Corning. Between the two of them they have less than 1/3 of the county population.
The Sheriff has announced that, effective November 20, there will be zero patrol deputies operating in the county during daylight hours. None. Nada. Zilch. No response to crimes in progress. No response to auto accidents. Nothing.
This is (allegedly) necessary due to the critical staffing level of the department. I don't know if that is the real deal or this is an attempt by the Sheriff to stampede the county board into kicking down some more ducats, but whatever the reason if it really happens the general public and business population of Tehama County are going to be seriously screwed.
I guess maybe the CHP office up that way is going to be real busy with more "traditional" law enforcement tasks than they would like. From what I gather there are budgeted positions, but they just can't fill them or hold the people they do have.
2 comments:
It's the same everywhere. Very few people applying for LE jobs and those that are working leave as soon as possible. PD's that were paying $50,000 4 years ago are now offering close to $100,000 with bonuses and great benefits. A lateral transfer veteran LAPD officer was killed during a pursuit in Grand Prairie this week. Still not enough cops to adequately staff a shift.
According to the Msrshall project federal data indicates that the police having more problems hiring or retaining officers is nonsense.
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