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When You Defund the Police: Shootings

 

In 2019, the city had 388 shootings

Last year, the year of chaos, we had 891.

As of last week, this year, the city has topped 1000.

 

 

 

When You Defund the Police: Murder by Numbers

 

From September 2018 to 2019, the city had 42 homicides,

From September 2020 to 2021, the were 87.

 

 

Consequences, Part II

 

Ralph Boyd asked an excellent question in the comments. 

 

"Then does a future non-appearance lead to a warrant that is enforceable?"

 

Answer:

 

 Failing to Appear at the criminal citation date, the court issues a Cite-in-Lieu of custody warrant, meaning the wanted person, when next arrested, recieves another criminal summons telling them to appear at a future court date. If they fail to appear at that court date, another Cite-in-Lieu warrant is issued and so on.....

 

 

Consequences

 

In the pond, if a mope smashes out a car window and value of the window is less than $1000, he an be arrested, but the officer cannot take him to jail. The officer can issue a criminal summons and release the mope. The mope can then walk to the next car window and smash it out. The mope can still be arrested, but not take to jail. As long as the mope does not break more than $1000 damage to a single victim, he can repeat the process.

 

 

When You Defunding the Police: The Grand Theft Auto Edition

 

 

In September  903 cars were stolen in the city.

In August, 805 cars were stolen. 

 In 2020, the night number of cars stolen in month was 658.

 

 

Bleeding Out

 

Per a member of the city council, the department is losing twelve officers a month to retirement and resignations.

 

 

The Hunt

 

As the days darken, the congregation of crows downtown grows, but the bridgehead flat lot is lined with dozens of rats fed from the camps under and around the off-ramp and on-ramps of the bridge. A hawk is feeding on one behind my prowler. His falconer, paid to harass the crows, asks me not move, but his hawk will have none of him. It sees the rats. The crows can wait.  For ten minutes, the bird flies from ramp to ramp, perched on the rail, lying in wait, ignoring the falconer's attempt to call it back and continue the crow hunt.

 

 

 

 

Not Theft

 

If you can't pay your bar tab, and use your phone as collateral, you cannot later file a theft report claiming the bartender stole your phone from you. 

 

 

Above the Donut Shop

 

At a No-tell,  above the donut shop, 1066, his trainee,  and I checking on Don. Before we knock, We can hear him screaming at himself at the speed of a blender. 

Don won’t open the door, so we talk to him through it. 

When asked what his diagnosis is? He replies, “Alphabet Soup.” 

Tonight, Don is raging against his Skynet Slumlord and insists “women are evil.” On his door, he has written in Sharpie that women are “whores” and “ignorant cunts.” When asked for the source of his anger, Don shouts he is ashamed his mother circumcised him 60 years ago. 

 

 

Going Back to Old School

 

A Day Shift Sergeant is requiring trainees on his his shift to do three traffic stops a day. He doesn't care if they are warnings or cites. He wants new officers to learn how to talk to people.