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There is good news from Los Angeles--crime is down to level not seen since the 1960's.
"Los Angeles has long been known as one of the most under-policed cities in the country. According to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report for 2009, the LAPD had 2.59 officers per 1,000 in population last year. That number may seem meaningless until one puts it alongside the figures for two comparable cities: New York had 4.17 officers per 1,000 residents, and Chicago had 4.59. In 2006, the Los Angeles city council approved an increase in residential trash fees, the revenue from which was to be devoted to expanding the police department.
And while the LAPD has indeed expanded, with the number of officers increasing from fewer than 9,400 in 2006 to almost 10,000 today, on any given day there are fewer of them working the streets. And soon, owing to a set of circumstances only a government bureaucrat can understand, there will be even fewer."
New York has about 40,000 police, as a comparative.
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"Los Angeles has long been known as one of the most under-policed cities in the country. According to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report for 2009, the LAPD had 2.59 officers per 1,000 in population last year. That number may seem meaningless until one puts it alongside the figures for two comparable cities: New York had 4.17 officers per 1,000 residents, and Chicago had 4.59. In 2006, the Los Angeles city council approved an increase in residential trash fees, the revenue from which was to be devoted to expanding the police department.
And while the LAPD has indeed expanded, with the number of officers increasing from fewer than 9,400 in 2006 to almost 10,000 today, on any given day there are fewer of them working the streets. And soon, owing to a set of circumstances only a government bureaucrat can understand, there will be even fewer."
New York has about 40,000 police, as a comparative.
More...