(Reuters) - Already beset by a public outcry over the high-profile death of a black man in police custody and a rising murder rate, Baltimore's police department is facing another headache: it's shrinking fast.
The number of uniformed officers in the mid-Atlantic city fell 6.1 percent last year and has shrunk by even more in the first half of this year, according to police data seen by Reuters and not previously reported.
The fall in 2015 was the biggest decline in police numbers among nine comparably-sized U.S. cities reviewed by Reuters. The police force in Detroit and El Paso shrank by 4.9 percent and 4.3 percent, respectively, while Denver and Las Vegas saw increases of over 5 percent. (Graphic: http://tmsnrt.rs/28SL0kK)
The reasons for the fall are unclear, but it comes at a difficult time when the number of murders and other violent crimes have risen sharply in Baltimore and many other U.S. cities.
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We need safe zones for those who want to live in a civilized society and wall it off.
ReplyDeleteThe reason for the fall is unclear? Give me a break!!!
ReplyDeleteBecause anyone who wants to be a cop right know is out of their F**king minds. The liberal left is succeeding in stopping good people from applying for the worst job in America right now. Why be an officer when you are automatically labeled a racist criminal before you place the badge. Funny how BLACK America hates when White people lump them into one basket. Yet is appears every time a Black is shot by the police they were just innocent victims of a racist cop.
ReplyDeleteSorry recruiters every where. I have been a cop for thirty years the job stinks these day thanks to Democrats and Libtards. God Bless the ones that do take on the challenge.
The bottom line is Ohblahblah and Hillabeast have ruined America. I have grown to hate criminals and ignorance they seem to run hand in hand. I never used to judge but I can honestly say I hate Libtards
Baltimore residents deserve everything they get. They don't support the police then don't they dare complain about the murder rate. They grew it now they have no other choice but to dig the graves. Animals are more civilized then those ghetto dwellers in that hell hole.
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