Oakland PD is scheduled to have laid off 80 officers Tuesday. That's around 10% of their entire force. As a result, the Chief has made a list of 44 specific situations his remaining officers won't be responding to. A partial list includes the following:
- burglary
- theft
- embezzlement
- grand theft
- grand theft:dog
- identity theft
- false information to peace officer
- required to register as sex or arson offender
- dump waste or offensive matter
- discard appliance with lock
- loud music
- possess forged notes
- pass fictitious check
- obtain money by false voucher
- fraudulent use of access cards
- stolen license plate
- embezzlement by an employee (over $ 400)
- extortion
- attempted extortion
- false personification of other
- injure telephone/ power line
- interfere with power line
- unauthorized cable tv connection
- vandalism
- administer/expose poison to another's
Squeezed by budget cuts, several suburban police departments have talked with Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart’s office about policing their towns — but Cook County Board members say those law enforcement agencies would have to cover the costs and get county board approval.
“We don’t have the resources to take on another police department,” said Commissioner Peter Silvestri, a Northwest Side and suburban Republican.
[...] The move comes two years after the sheriff’s office took over policing in Ford Heights, whose department dissolved amid financial problems. The south suburban village was expected to pay for services, but hasn’t,...
Some suburbs are actively seeking to disband their police departments and have the County take over.
We saw this comment the other day in the "Gun "Rules" Begin Today post:
We saw this comment the other day in the "Gun "Rules" Begin Today post:
- Seriously? You're a cop and you want more guns in the hands of citizens? I don't think you've thought this through.
Well Mr/Ms Anonymous, you keep basking in that self righteousness of non-gun ownership while Oakland lays off 10% of it's force, numerous municipalities in Cook County attempt to pass off policing to the sheriffs, and the Chicago Police response times increase to tens of minutes for "in progress" calls.
Just make sure you have current ID and photo available in case we can't recognize your corpse when we finally get there.
Just make sure you have current ID and photo available in case we can't recognize your corpse when we finally get there.
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