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Posted on 04/22/2021 12:20:30 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Philadelphia Police Department is struggling to hire new recruits for the force as it is facing a severe understaffing problem and rising crime rates.
6ABC reported dozens of new recruits report for training every three months, but the last class graduated in December and the next class is not slated to start until May. Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #5 President John McNesby told 6ABC it has been a perfect storm of circumstances that have led to the current shortage, with many officers taking early retirement and few training classes because of COVID-19.
"And you got to remember that once you go into the academy, it takes you about 10 months to finish. So, we're not looking at putting any boots on the ground until maybe next Spring," McNesby said.
There is also a new policy that requires all applicants to be living in Philadelphia before they start at the police academy.
"Nobody is going to move to Philadelphia hoping that they get a job. They want to make sure they secure employment, then move in," McNesby explained.
All of this has led prospective recruits to seek law enforcement jobs outside the city. This comes at a time when police morale is low nationwide amid incidents that have lead to riots. In addition to experiencing rioting shortly after George Floyd's murder, Philadelphia experienced another wave of rioting after an officer shot a black man who charged at him with a knife. Despite the body camera video showing the officer acted in self-defense, rioting and looting struck the city for two days.
Philadelphia rioters and looters destroying the inside of a Dollar Tree. pic.twitter.com/J4Gj2yz75R— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) October 28, 2020
The Los Angeles Police Department also has fewer officers than what it is budgeted for, again because of early retirements and resignations. Its budget was also cut last year, but Mayor Eric Garcetti (D) just proposed a 3 percent increase in funding for the upcoming fiscal year, owing in part due to the city's rise in crime.
Portland, which experienced almost nightly riots last year, saw many of its police officers leave the force, citing lack of support from the city, being overworked, and having better opportunities elsewhere. All of this is occurring while certain crime rates have reached new highs.
Easy peasy. Just lower the qualifications, drop English as a requirement, (if it is one). You’ll get lots of interesting police officers.
You mean social workers
Have they tried recruiting MS-13 or cartel members? sarc/
We want Smart Cops, and the only Smart Cops are the ones who refuse to work in Democrat Blue cities.
I would expect that most discussions about this issue are prefaced with “Who in their right mind would...”.
Perhaps that should be taken into account, and civic leaders could issue recruitment calls for “People not in their right minds...?”
That is a VERY weak analysis. Obama, Holder and Lynch put a target on the back of every police officer in the US starting when Obama stuck his nose into a minor issue in Cambridge, Mass ("the police acted stupidly"). Nobody in big Dem cities defends the police, least of all mayors, city councils, and district attorneys. All of their actions have been to reduce the force, target the remaining officers, cut police funding, and fail to support them when they do their difficult jobs. Then the federal government pols taint the trial in Minneapolis with their imprudent, intemperate, and inflammatory remarks.
The entire situation is sickening. What, exactly, did these Democrat geniuses think was going to happen? It was all so predictable.
No one with half a brain cell wants to work or live in a demonrat controlled shit hole city. Not even the demonrats.
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Just pass mandates like Boeing and Coca Cola did to get the correct racial makeup. Actually, just put out a new policy “No Whites Allowed.”
Good. They want to defund the police? Well they may get their wish in a slightly different way. Same result. Thats what they want? Let them have it.
“ few training classes because of COVID-19”
Yeah. That’s the reason. /sarc What an idiot!
Philly, one of the cities that has allowed Pennsylvania to go “Blue”.
Philly, where the Sheriff defied a court order and kept poll watchers from entering polling stations and vote counting locations.
Philly, with a radical Soros backed DA that doesn’t want to prosecute anyone of color for anything, even murder.
The same Leftists that are calling for defunding the cops are the same ones running cities like Philly.
Let the place burn to the ground.
You made your beds, lib scum. Sleep in it.
Portland is STILL experiencing nightly riots. The MSM just isn’t mentioning it.
Is he trying to make a joke here?
I f you want a job as a cop, go to a Red State but no Blue Dump like St. Louis in a Red State.
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