Do you really believe that the police just "don't show up half the time" because that's the way THEY do it or want it? They don't show up because the 911 response time is slower than slow and there isn't enough manpower to go around. It's the management, not the officers who are the problem in Detroit.
I lived on a street in Detroit where there were two Detroit policemen living. Wonderful neighbors, great people...but when a police officer was needed because of a dispute or a domestic problem...no one could depend on them because they didn't want to get involved. If I were a Detroit Police Officer, do you really believe that I would want to live on a street in Detroit and have everyone there know I was a cop? Absolutely not! The residents are afraid of the thugs coming back and killing them for "snitching"....what would happen to a cops home or family?
Yes, they choose to to the job of a Detroit Police Officer and they should be able to choose where they live as well.
If there was a cop on every corner, at every intersection in Detroit, crime would still go on. Their presence can be a small deterrent, but there could never be enough officers walking or driving around to stop these mindless, snake thugs from going around and car jacking, robbing, killing people. If you want better service, start complaining to the top management in Detroit, the ones who spend [[or steal) the taxpayer money...they are the ones who make the difference in how things work in Detroit, the judges, change laws, etc.
There should be stricter laws to allow the police to stop anyone they think is suspicious. Instead, the criminals have certain rights and the victims have NO rights. You can't step on toes, yet the victims go unprotected. You can't profile, yet the victims are singled out every day and murdered in cold blood. Give the police the ability to handcuff the thugs rather than handcuffing the cops!
Yes, you absolutely have a right to feel safe in your neighborhood and that is why you and all Detroiters need to take it to the Mayor and the Chief of Police and the Council. They are the ones who set policy; they are the ones who close precincts, they are the ones who don't get the cars fixed or outfit the police with what they need in order to fight crime. A new police officer today starts at $27,000/yr. If you get new officers in Detroit, they are there because they want to serve and protect Detroiters...not for the money or the glory, because there is no money to be made and certainly no glory.
Frustrated and Torn, as well.
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