Libs:  They resigned because they're white racist cops.

GD:  New mayor's going to hire an all black force because that's what blacks do.  

Same level of short-sighted stupid that just gives validation to the opposite side.

Now those statistics make more sense . . .

When towns here were laying off cops left and right back in 08 / 09 / 10, some looked at the State Police to provide 24 / 7 coverage.

The State (who were under manned themselves), provided a quote of 500k + over what the towns budget current PD was.

Sir, I believe you need a refresher course on how Arfcom works.

Don't read the link, jump to conclusions, THEN go back and read the article and try find a way to justify the completely incorrect stance you took rather than admit to being wrong

Uhhh, never lived in a town of 740 before, I see.  

2009 is worse than 2005...

ETA: Unless, did some residents from NO get transplanted?

Yup. Hell, the woman isn't even doing the "mah nephew dindu nuffin" thing over his tazing, but the way people are acting she's said nothing but "hands up, don't shoot" since she got elected. It's weird.

close thread and go about your business with your ignorant, pre-conceived notions completely intact and unchallenged.  

Yep.  Pick a radius of any size out around NO and compare crime stats pre and post 2005.

Yep.  She hasn't even pulled a, "Well, it's obvious to me why they resigned......."

All she said was she can't comment because she doesn't have the information.

Apparently I need to take a seat in the classroom as well

Gotcha.

And, ouch.

FBHO.
And yes, that is the insinuation - transplants.

and they get police presents!   Batons and tazers?  merry Christmas!



ETA- as far as the story...... a whole lot of room for speculation but in the end y'all got too little data to compute anything.  Time will tell more most likely.


could be all the ugly insinuations and could be something else or just nasty politics.

uhh sarcasm?

Thank goodness.  You're absolved.  

Still a lot of fools posting up in hurr.  

This. Staff of 6 keeps 1 on shift at all times with somebody on call most off the time.

All those who quit were possibly crooked as Hell.

How are you paying for that in what seems to be a poor town of less than 800?      

So they start off with an article title that insinuates race/gender was a factor? I'm sure the race of a white woman or white guy would have been in the headline if the roles were reversed?

I've lived in villages and townships with zero local PD staff.   They didn't pay the sheriff or the state, simply 911 sent what ever car was available.

I've also lived in tiny villages where they had a very small department that operated on a part time basis.  More  hours in the summer (tourist place), more time and staff on for town events (fair),  During the summer they'd work with the majority of hours on Thurs through Saturday.  They'd keep the town drunks and mischievous kids at bay to keep the old gentrified populace happy.

There were many hours especially in the winter where the village pd was not on duty.   Those calls went to the sheriff and state patrols.   Most of the other villages in the area ran that way.  The large villages had  24/7 coverage and they all had mutual aide agreements between the villages that were close/adjacent for backup purposes.

We had one of those towns here in Columbus, New Rome.  The police dept was basically a revenue department for the council, who were seemingly all related in one way or another.

Tiny town: CHECK, Southern Missouri: CHECK,  30+ Year Democrat Police Incumbent: CHECK,

I GuaranDamnTee you there was impropriety, I've lived in Southern MO for 37 years and that's the way these little blip on the map towns work.  Those cops weren't protecting the town, in all honesty most probably spent all 40hrs of their shift running radar.

[GD] That changes everything! [/GD]

One comment from a self-identified local said the cops liked to specifically mess with those who couldn't fight back and listed age, income and metal capability as the variables that would make you an attractive target.  

Of course, it's on the internet so it must be true.

That's no joke.

Estimated median household income in 2012: $18,978
Estimated median house or condo value in 2012: $34,725
Population in 2013: 675 (0% urban, 100% rural). Population change since 2000: -20.8%
Unemployed: 11.6%

Sounds like some shady shit came to an end and they all bailed.

Sounds like a libtarded liberal thing to do!  Is the new black mayor a Republican?





Edit: Just read the whole thread and my attempt at humor turned out to be the truth!   I guess that we will have to wait and see to what the true story ends up being.  Wiping the computer clean says a lot.  I hope that the new mayor is a woman of integrity and the town gets what they voted for!





Edit to my edit: So is she a Dimocrap or a Republican????



 

I don't bother proof reading my posts at 6:00 AM. I wouldn't have caught it even if I did at this time of morning.

They can't help it.  Look at any thread that involves a black person.  The race angle comes out within the first 4-5 posts whether it's relevant to the thread or not.

In Blazing Saddles it was the Sheriff

It has been said that "Karma is a bitch". Now it can be said "Parma is a beotch".

Median taxes per household of around $300/yr and not much commercial tax base from what I can see.  This mayor was the clerk, so she knows what's up.

When I lived in W Va the town I moved to was about 10,000 residents.  Main street was three blocks long, one traffic light in the middle and one on the east end  (Road led to highway entrance).  Two residential streets south of main, two residential streets north of main.  The department had six officers and a chief.  Two cars on the streets day and night, every officer had a take-home car, black crown vic for the chief, three marked vics and three chargers for the officers.

Traffic fines/enforcement was insane.  Tickets tickets tickets.  One day I'm raking leaves in my backyard, go out front and find Chief in my driveway (two vehicles parked nose-in), checking the inspection stickers on the windshield of my truck.  It was October 9th, my sticker expired the end of September.  He tells me he can give me a ticket now, or wait until I'm driving down the road, my choice.  It's a compliance-dismissal ticket, I just have to go to Huntington and show my proof of new inspection, ticket is wiped, so I take it there in the driveway.

I go to Huntington and show my proof, clerk stamps ticket and says I'm good to go.  45 days later I get a fine from the city in the mail. $150 'city citation fee'.  I see the chief driving down my street at least three times a day, so I flag him down and ask what the hell this is, I got my inspection and took it to Huntington and had it dismissed.  He said that was the state ticket, there's also a city ticket and it doesn't get a compliance dismissal, it just had to be paid.

Fuck that shit.  I ask my lawyer what kind of deal this is and what can happen if I don't pay.  He told me they could ticket me again but it wasn't a ticket that would go on my license.  Still not sure WTF that meant but he said if I was staying in town for the future I'd be better off paying it.  We were moving out of state so I shrugged and threw away the letter.  It's been six years.  Moved away, never heard anything back from the fucking shysters.  Got pulled over last year in the wife's minivan for a tail light by WV state police, they asked if I had any tickets, I said I might have an inspection sticker ticket from *shitty town*, guy ran my license and said nothing on my record, told me to fix the light and sent me on my way.

Family and friends still live in that town.  In the last year TWO grow houses and a meth lab were raided shut down, on main street.  Meth lab was on second floor of apartment across from city hall.  Police managed to miss that despite going past it fifty times a fucking day.  Writing tickets like a mother fucker, though.  We were in town at Easter for church services with wife's grandmother, I pulled into gas station (Sheetz).  I have Kentucky residency and plates now but my old WV inspection sticker (Expired Feb 2015) was on the windshield.  City officer was coming out, saw my windshield as he drove past the pump, and did a tire-screeching stop and U-turn in the parking lot.  Pulled up to me at the pump.  Got out, started towards me.  I handed him my Kentucky license, then he went back to my rear bumper, saw the Kentucky plate.  He asked why I had a WV sticker on my windshield and I told him 'because I used to live in this dump before coming to my senses.'

He harrumphed and went back to his cruiser, ran my info, then came back, handed me my papers and said I 'ought to scrape off the sticker ASAP'.  I asked him to tell the chief I said hello and we went on our way. Same Chief and Mayor for thirty years, btw.  My old neighbor in town had run for Chief every election, finally gave up after one of the more decent officers (there was one) said it was a waste of money, as long as the mayor was in office.  (Uh-Huh.  Pretty much same pattern all across small town America.)

Parma does not need a police dept  you say?

The city violent crime rate for Parma in 2012 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 228.58%

As has already been said, when the shit plant operator bails  you know the  news isn't good, but  GD will always  go for what confirms their bias and concentrate on the police.

GD has also missed the fact the the majority of the dept is PART TIME.

This sounds like a good argument to just dissolve the PD, tell the residents to arm themselves and cozy the town up the the county sheriff's office.

ALEX, I WILL TAKE "PLACES I WILL NEVER GO TO" FOR $100.

Numbers....how do they work?

In a small population, that means there were TWO fist fights instead of one.

You don't need a full time police force for a handful of crimes...and if it's serious enough, you call in the county for actual investigators and such.

In a way you have no clue about apparently.  Parma had 9 murders in 2013.

+1

My home town has less than 1k people, and probably 10 police.  We have pretty much -0- crime, and no speed traps.



Why 10?  Well first of all, you want a policeman on duty 24/7.  That takes 3 shifts.  plus you want them to only work 5 days a week -  so an extra 48 hrs needs to get covered.  Plus if any events are happening, they generally need additional security, so you want a pool of part time police available to cover it.



So I agree, if the mayor thinks they don't need that many police, then it probably is a good idea to quit over safety reasons.

You might want to take some of your own medicine there.

It can often be more expensive to contract with the state police or county to cover your city.

Some places in America just don't have the crime to need full time LEO's on call 24 hours a day.

A search for "Parma Missouri murder" doesn't show anything of the sort.

This.

Funny how nothing is coming out as to why these people would just up and quit.  Nothing about her campaign, and the liberal media just can't seem to dig up any info.

No kidding.

The only way that it's really more expensive is if the agency is telling you with the quote that they don't want the work.

Also some interesting quotes:

I'm not finding any information on party affiliation or political platform.

That all you got?  Were they all at different times, or was there a large multiple homicide?  Do you know, or just trying to use unsupported numbers to support your statement?