Arlington Police PSA -- We are strapped and going to do less

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most Arlington residents wanted to defund the police, so you get what you ask for.

Back here in reality, the Arlington County PD's budget went up this year.

+1 this is just copaganda.

And also - since when do police actually investigate routine property crime? I've literally never heard of anyone ever having something stolen and having the cops do anything other than file a report.

No, no, no, you don't understand! Despite the fact that the police lost absolutely zero funding, random strangers on the internet said they wanted to defund the police. It was very, very mean of them, so according to the "F your feelings," "we're not snowflakes" crowd, this means the police are completely justified in not doing their jobs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sad. So not only do we have the car free diet, but now the safety free diet.

SF, NYC have both become crime ridden dumps under these policies; you’d think the people here would have learned by example.

Sounds like you just aren’t a good fit for living in a diverse, vibrant city. Maybe you should live somewhere else. A place where people wear white robes and burn crosses might be more to your liking.

Rising violent crime (I live in DC and car jackings are up like 200%), property crime, homeless encampments everywhere, mentally ill people assaulting folks--does NOT make a "vibrant" city.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most Arlington residents wanted to defund the police, so you get what you ask for.

Back here in reality, the Arlington County PD's budget went up this year.

+1 this is just copaganda.

And also - since when do police actually investigate routine property crime? I've literally never heard of anyone ever having something stolen and having the cops do anything other than file a report.

No, no, no, you don't understand! Despite the fact that the police lost absolutely zero funding, random strangers on the internet said they wanted to defund the police. It was very, very mean of them, so according to the "F your feelings," "we're not snowflakes" crowd, this means the police are completely justified in not doing their jobs.

You don’t need to defund them. Just make their jobs so inhospitable that existing officers retire early. Make sure recruit classes are empty because no reasonable person wants to apply. Then the remaining police are stretched so thin they can’t effectively do their jobs. This isn’t about “defunding.” This is about the severe shortage of officers right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most Arlington residents wanted to defund the police, so you get what you ask for.

Back here in reality, the Arlington County PD's budget went up this year.

+1 this is just copaganda.

And also - since when do police actually investigate routine property crime? I've literally never heard of anyone ever having something stolen and having the cops do anything other than file a report.

No, no, no, you don't understand! Despite the fact that the police lost absolutely zero funding, random strangers on the internet said they wanted to defund the police. It was very, very mean of them, so according to the "F your feelings," "we're not snowflakes" crowd, this means the police are completely justified in not doing their jobs.

You don’t need to defund them. Just make their jobs so inhospitable that existing officers retire early. Make sure recruit classes are empty because no reasonable person wants to apply. Then the remaining police are stretched so thin they can’t effectively do their jobs. This isn’t about “defunding.” This is about the severe shortage of officers right now.

What exactly is making their jobs "inhospitable?" People rightly calling them out for their behavior? Being accountable for their actions?

What's that saying Republicans are so fond of? "If you're not doing anything wrong you have nothing to fear?" If you're planning on being a good cop, what's the problem?

From what I can tell, "inhospitable" means "we can't get away with intimidation, extortion, taking bribes, or indiscriminately beating and killing minorities anymore."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most Arlington residents wanted to defund the police, so you get what you ask for.

Back here in reality, the Arlington County PD's budget went up this year.

+1 this is just copaganda.

And also - since when do police actually investigate routine property crime? I've literally never heard of anyone ever having something stolen and having the cops do anything other than file a report.

No, no, no, you don't understand! Despite the fact that the police lost absolutely zero funding, random strangers on the internet said they wanted to defund the police. It was very, very mean of them, so according to the "F your feelings," "we're not snowflakes" crowd, this means the police are completely justified in not doing their jobs.

You don’t need to defund them. Just make their jobs so inhospitable that existing officers retire early. Make sure recruit classes are empty because no reasonable person wants to apply. Then the remaining police are stretched so thin they can’t effectively do their jobs. This isn’t about “defunding.” This is about the severe shortage of officers right now.

What exactly is making their jobs "inhospitable?" People rightly calling them out for their behavior? Being accountable for their actions?

What's that saying Republicans are so fond of? "If you're not doing anything wrong you have nothing to fear?" If you're planning on being a good cop, what's the problem?

From what I can tell, "inhospitable" means "we can't get away with intimidation, extortion, taking bribes, or indiscriminately beating and killing minorities anymore."

And there it is. Police aren’t upset because they “can’t get away with…” all of the dreadful things you list. My husband is an officer. He has been spit on for getting out of his car. He has had items thrown at him while conducting legal, reasonable stops. He is cursed at while he is sitting on the side of a road working on a report. Was he doing anything wrong in any of those instances? No. What IS wrong is your assumption that he WANTS to violate people’s rights. You proved my point perfectly. You know nothing about him, his intentions, or his performance. You still decided to call him out for some perceived behavior. So I repeat: why would anybody want this job?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most Arlington residents wanted to defund the police, so you get what you ask for.

Back here in reality, the Arlington County PD's budget went up this year.

+1 this is just copaganda.

And also - since when do police actually investigate routine property crime? I've literally never heard of anyone ever having something stolen and having the cops do anything other than file a report.

No, no, no, you don't understand! Despite the fact that the police lost absolutely zero funding, random strangers on the internet said they wanted to defund the police. It was very, very mean of them, so according to the "F your feelings," "we're not snowflakes" crowd, this means the police are completely justified in not doing their jobs.

You don’t need to defund them. Just make their jobs so inhospitable that existing officers retire early. Make sure recruit classes are empty because no reasonable person wants to apply. Then the remaining police are stretched so thin they can’t effectively do their jobs. This isn’t about “defunding.” This is about the severe shortage of officers right now.

Bad policy = de facto de-funding. And it is directly responsible for a portion of the violent crime increase. Not all of it. But it's a portion the government could control if it wanted to. And guess who disproportionately suffers from community violence? Black residents. But Black Lives only Matter when it's about removing police, not improving police.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sad. So not only do we have the car free diet, but now the safety free diet.

SF, NYC have both become crime ridden dumps under these policies; you’d think the people here would have learned by example.

Sounds like you just aren’t a good fit for living in a diverse, vibrant city. Maybe you should live somewhere else. A place where people wear white robes and burn crosses might be more to your liking.

Rising violent crime (I live in DC and car jackings are up like 200%), property crime, homeless encampments everywhere, mentally ill people assaulting folks--does NOT make a "vibrant" city.

It’s weird how people who don’t own cars never seem to be carjacked. Has this obvious solution ever occurred to you, trumpie?

[Anonymous]

Many ACPD officers left to go work as security for Amazon at HQ2. https://www.arlnow.com/2021/09/17/exclusive-arlingtons-police-force-is-shrinking/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sad. So not only do we have the car free diet, but now the safety free diet.

SF, NYC have both become crime ridden dumps under these policies; you’d think the people here would have learned by example.

Sounds like you just aren’t a good fit for living in a diverse, vibrant city. Maybe you should live somewhere else. A place where people wear white robes and burn crosses might be more to your liking.

Rising violent crime (I live in DC and car jackings are up like 200%), property crime, homeless encampments everywhere, mentally ill people assaulting folks--does NOT make a "vibrant" city.

It’s weird how people who don’t own cars never seem to be carjacked. Has this obvious solution ever occurred to you, trumpie?

So sorry honey. Maybe one day you will get over your trumpie envy and learn to stay on task.