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re: Crime and Policing in Baltimore Post Freddy Gray
Posted on 7/12/18 at 5:38 pm to TigerintheNO
Posted on 7/12/18 at 5:38 pm to TigerintheNO
Maybe the police took some good advice and simply stopped doing any police work in those areas. Smart move.
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Posted on 7/12/18 at 5:45 pm to Sunbeam
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Does anyone know how police departments in places like Baltimore, Detroit, Gary are financed now?
State/fed money and what little tax base is left.
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Maybe there are a few things like John Hopkins that find it very difficult to move, but most things moved out a long time ago.
So how much tax base can be left? If you have ever seen one of those videos about abandoned and dilapidated buildings in Detroit you have to wonder who pays for the expensive police forces they have to have, and things like county jails and courts.
Detroit and Flint couldn't afford working patrol vehicles so private donors had to buy them.
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Then what happens if they want to have a police force, and no one wants to be a Baltimore cop? I get you may have time in the system, but as soon as you qualify for a pension, retire ASAP. Or if you don't have many years in, jump to another police department in a less frustrating and dangerous environment.
Pretty much all young cops going into Baltimore and Detroit are doing it for training then jumping to a decent department. Nobody is staying. The poor bastards halfway to pension are screwed and likely the only ones holding the department together right now because they aren't leaving.
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Just seems like they are going to have a heck of a time hiring cops, because who in their right mind wants to walk the streets of Baltimore?
It's fairly easy to hire officers for these departments. The hard part is keeping them. Many police departments are only seeking POST certified officers because they can have their pick of the litter from Dallas, Detroit, Philly, Baltimore, etc. without paying to training a new cop, which often is well over $100k per officer. Prospective officers let the shithole cities pay for their training, get two or three years of experience (which in a city like Baltimore is equal to a decade of experience in some departments) and jump ship to somewhere that isn't a shithole.
Posted on 7/12/18 at 8:58 pm to ispkthtrth
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Except... nobody with a functioning brain believes anything that came out of that African administration on race
This is a good look for you
Posted on 7/13/18 at 1:47 pm to bmy
Baltimore assign 115 additional police to patrol, in hopes to reduce crime and OT
Baltimore can't get enough new recruits to join the force, so they are at 50% staffing on patrols. Crime is soaring; 40% of the police force is on OT shifts.
Baltimore can't get enough new recruits to join the force, so they are at 50% staffing on patrols. Crime is soaring; 40% of the police force is on OT shifts.
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Officials say the patrol schedule, which involves officers working four 10-hour days a week, needs 1,200 or so officers to work effectively. Before the new assignments, 766 officers were assigned to patrol, though 152 of them could not be deployed because of suspensions, illnesses, vacations and military service.
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In the budget year that ended June 30, the city spent more than $47 million on overtime for police officers, far more than the $16 million budgeted
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