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Oakland is heaven for criminals--no cops!!
"Everyone knows about the 80 officers the city laid off in July to save money. But since then, 21 more have retired, 12 have decamped for other police departments, five have simply quit and one has been fired - dropping the total number of officers to 670.
Meanwhile, 30 more officers are undergoing background checks by other departments seeking to hire them. And another 40 will be eligible to retire by year's end.
Even that doesn't tell the whole story.
Another 77 cops - or more than 10 percent of the entire force - are on the shelf because of injuries. That's about double the usual rate. Twenty will be going back to work in the next two weeks, but only for "light duty."
My advice: stay away from Oakland unless you are a strong supporter of the Second Amendment--remember when criminals are in your face, in Oakland the police maybe 30 minutes away.
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"Everyone knows about the 80 officers the city laid off in July to save money. But since then, 21 more have retired, 12 have decamped for other police departments, five have simply quit and one has been fired - dropping the total number of officers to 670.
Meanwhile, 30 more officers are undergoing background checks by other departments seeking to hire them. And another 40 will be eligible to retire by year's end.
Even that doesn't tell the whole story.
Another 77 cops - or more than 10 percent of the entire force - are on the shelf because of injuries. That's about double the usual rate. Twenty will be going back to work in the next two weeks, but only for "light duty."
My advice: stay away from Oakland unless you are a strong supporter of the Second Amendment--remember when criminals are in your face, in Oakland the police maybe 30 minutes away.
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