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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who on the council is "falling all over themselves to praise police?"

The only example I can think of is Elrich's absurd covid bonuses. [/quote]

I’m the PP who posted above about the council’s treatment of police. I can’t think of one time I’ve witnessed this, and I do watch council proceedings.

All one needs to do is go to[b] certain council members’ social media accounts[/b] and search for references to the police. It’s just criticism after criticism after criticism. No support at all. Recruitment for police is down nationwide, but it is critical here. [/quote]

Names? Examples?[/quote]

Hucker and Jawando were the worst.   Riemer on occasion.

This new Council?  Mink.   [/quote]

So 2 out of 11 current councilmembers are by themselves making police work so difficult that they need to reduce traffic stops by 2/3? Through their Twitter posts.[/quote]

Well, I suppose if you limit their impact to solely social media.

But don't forget the 30+ new legal mandates they've placed on police over the past 2 years, and all the negative discussion that surrounded those deliberations. [/quote]

I was about to post this. Thank you. [/quote]

That sounds very persuasive but the police themselves are not blaming the "30+ legal mandates" for the work stoppage. They are blaming the "rhetoric". And I actually have listened to council sessions and find the notion that the rhetoric during the sessions was in any way offensive or abusive towards police hilarious. There are current and former councilmembers that are abusive bullies. Jawando, Hucker, Riemer and Mink are not in this group.[/quote]

Have you been listening to the council for the past couple of years? You don’t see the hostility?

In any case, it doesn’t matter if you see it. We went from full recruit classes and the pick of applicants to barely being able to fill a class. This used to be the county law enforcement officers wanted to work for. It was a premier department. Now we can’t keep pace with any of the neighboring counties. The word is out that officers aren’t supported. It doesn’t matter whether you see it. Others do. [/quote]

The word is out that there are serious problems with policing and departments are resistant to change. Of course nobody wants to join.[/quote]

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