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Police Suggest that People Move from Crime-ridden Areas
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kcrissinger
Brookshire
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Nitsud Regnifloh
Valerio Heights
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unreal. anyone in their right mind is with you on this one, coreroc. unless....the cops are in on it all....hmmmmmmm
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greenhouse1014
Columbus
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Biggest load of bullshit I've ever read. I know a couple of cops and, I have to admit, I can see them being part of this problem. It's the same all over, though. A lot of people become cops to get the power of a badge and gun, then when they have to actually confront crime or do their job, they don't want to deal with it. We DO have a LOT of really good cops, but it seems like the bad ones always get sent to teh bad neighborhoods.
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coolbuckeye
South Clintonville
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Police tell us to move out because it’s the solution they came up with for their own families. It’s easy to disconnect from an issue when you have no skin in the game. It would be a whole different story if police lived in the neighborhood they were patrolling.
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joev
Merion Village
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rus
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greenhouse1014 wrote >>
We DO have a LOT of really good cops, but it seems like the bad ones always get sent to teh bad neighborhoods.Last time I checked, assignments within the Police were based on seniority. Sure, there may be an aptitude test to weed out some applicants, but after that those who have been there the longest have the greater chance of getting the assignment they want.
Add to that some administrative positions are filled with sworn officers ( you need a badge to administer windows servers? Really? )* and it seems it's become a system designed to remove experienced officers from patrol duties.
So it may not be that "bad" officers are always assigned to the worst neighborhoods, but that the most inexperienced end up there. Once they gain seniority it seems likely they transfer out... taking their experience with them.
* NB: There's the argument to be made that if the Police ask for administrative staff that's seen as something to be cut in lean budget times while asking for uniformed officers is politically easier. That's short sighted, but can explain uniformed officers serving in purely administrative positions.
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rus
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Porky wrote >>
You're exactly right! Most cops don’t live in the city, the idea that anyone would actually want to live there is foreign to them.Well, there's also the matter of the people police arrest knowing where they live... rather common for police to live in one neighborhood and patrol another.
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somertimeoh
Harrison West
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Several friends of mine in LAPD and LAFD used a down payment assistance program where some agency gave them an interest free loan in order to keep cops and other emergency response people in the city and ideally near their stations/beats. Even shitty houses in LA are expensive so BIG down payments are needed to get loans. It's been 7 or 8 years since I've seen them. I wonder what those neighborhoods are like now.
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kcrissinger
Brookshire
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somertimeoh wrote >>
Several friends of mine in LAPD and LAFD used a down payment assistance program where some agency gave them an interest free loan in order to keep cops and other emergency response people in the city and ideally near their stations/beats. Even shitty houses in LA are expensive so BIG down payments are needed to get loans. It's been 7 or 8 years since I've seen them. I wonder what those neighborhoods are like now.They did that here in Columbus too. I know one officer got a home in a nice "suburban" neighborhood just because it was in a "depressed" zip code. So much for that....
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somertimeoh
Harrison West
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Then they didn't plan well, doesn't mean the programs don't work. And that guy is an asshole for taking advantage of the system.
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kcrissinger
Brookshire
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misskitty
Columbus
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I refuse to believe this is the stance of the Columbus Police. I believe it was a operator and a cop having a shit ball day. I would say that I am not proud to admit that I have had a fair amount of Interactions with the Columbus Police in all different situations good and so so. I would also say that 98% of the time the cops are cool and not real jerks. There will always be a few bad or crabby apples in a bunch.
It’s a shame about this article but I don’t think that they want anyone to move. Hasn’t it been proven that a neighborhood that stays together and strong makes the best improvement if it is a positive situation. I’m not talking stand together like Sullivant Gardens lol wrong kind of together.Posted 2 years ago # -
JonMyers
HCMC ✈
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@rus - lol - I think they did.
This story incenses me. To me it's yet another reminder of how fucked up our city services have become. With the exception of the fire department, which is really on the ball - I've yet to experience any semblance of customer service or initiative with most of the basic city services in Columbus.
There are absolutely NO motivational mechanisms in the operation of city services that would drive them to any level of improvement.
It's not hard for me to understand why outside people and businesses don't take us more seriously.
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