Need we say more? Read the following from Matier and Ross this morning (3/28/2012), citing police staffing numbers and the increased rate of crime in Oakland in 2012:
"Oakland 911: For all of Mayor Jean Quan's recent announcements of new hires, new grants and a new academy class, Oakland has fewer cops today than it did after the police layoffs of 2010.
According to a report by the city administrator, Oakland will end the month with 657 officers. That's 30 fewer cops than t...he 687 on duty following the budget-cutting layoffs of 80 cops that became a big issue two years ago.
It's also 175 fewer cops than the department's peak of 832 officers in December 2008.
But "bad as that might be, it was even worse a couple of months back," said Barry Donelan, head of the Oakland Police Officers Association.
The department reached its low point in July, with 631 officers.
Meanwhile, the latest crime stats show that homicides in Oakland are up 13 percent so far his year, robberies are up 33 percent, car thefts are up 28 percent and burglaries are up 42 percent.
In some places it's even higher, said City Councilwoman Libby Schaaf, who lives in the hills near Quan.
"On our beat, burglaries have quadrupled," she said."
"Oakland 911: For all of Mayor Jean Quan's recent announcements of new hires, new grants and a new academy class, Oakland has fewer cops today than it did after the police layoffs of 2010.
According to a report by the city administrator, Oakland will end the month with 657 officers. That's 30 fewer cops than t...he 687 on duty following the budget-cutting layoffs of 80 cops that became a big issue two years ago.
It's also 175 fewer cops than the department's peak of 832 officers in December 2008.
But "bad as that might be, it was even worse a couple of months back," said Barry Donelan, head of the Oakland Police Officers Association.
The department reached its low point in July, with 631 officers.
Meanwhile, the latest crime stats show that homicides in Oakland are up 13 percent so far his year, robberies are up 33 percent, car thefts are up 28 percent and burglaries are up 42 percent.
In some places it's even higher, said City Councilwoman Libby Schaaf, who lives in the hills near Quan.
"On our beat, burglaries have quadrupled," she said."
Work Cited
Tuman, Joseph. "Need we say more." private editorial via facebook.com (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Joe-Tuman-about-Oakland/149905658411755) Web commentary. 28 MAR 2012
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