Cops May No Longer Respond to Crime in Oakland, California

Any news on whether or not they are goin to lay them off? I just checked the LA Times and there was no mentoin of it...

An old video, but still relevant:

80 officers laid off !! looks like Oakland will be a place for the criminals to run rampant



Jul 14, 2010 12:01 am US/Pacific 80 Oakland Police Officers Laid Off

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(7/13/2010)
Oakland city officials and police union leaders were unsuccessful Tuesday in their attempts to reach a last-minute agreement by a 5 p.m. deadline to prevent the layoffs of 80 of the city's 776 officers.

The City Council voted June 25 to eliminate 80 police officer positions to help close the city's $32.5 million funding gap.

Oakland police spokesman Jeff Thomason said OPD wasn't counting on a last-minute agreement, so officers who were slated to be laid off came into police headquarters earlier Tuesday to turn in their equipment and fill out paperwork.

The talks hit an impasse over job security.

The union agreed to have officers contribute 9 percent of their pension costs but in return asked for a guarantee that no officers hired before March 21, 2009, when four officers were killed by a wanted parolee, be laid off for the next three years. The city said it couldn't make such a guarantee because of its precarious budget situation.

City leaders had been meeting with the police union for more than a month to try to get the union to contribute 9 percent of the cost of their retirement benefits. Other city employees contribute that amount to their pension costs, city of Oakland spokeswoman Karen Boyd said.

Oakland City Administrator Dan Lindheim said the two sides exchanged "a flurry of offers" during lengthy meetings on Monday and exchanged more offers and counteroffers Tuesday.

But he said city leaders believe that the union "essentially didn't respond" to the city's last offer.

Oakland Police Officers Association President Dom Arotzarena wasn't immediately available for comment.

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Last Edited by Nailer45 on 07/14/2010 06:55 AM

HERE'S A PARTIAL LIST OF "MINOR CRIMES" THE OAKLAND POLICE WILL NO LONGER RESPOND TO: •burglary •theft •embezzlement •grand theft •grand theft:dog •identity theft •false information to peace officer •required to register as sex or arson offender •dump waste or offensive matter •discard appliance with lock •loud music •possess forged notes •pass fictitious check •obtain money by false voucher •fraudulent use of access cards •stolen license plate •embezzlement by an employee (over $ 400) •extortion •attempted extortion •false personification of other •injure telephone/ power line •interfere with power line •unauthorized cable tv connection •vandalism •administer/expose poison to another's

Thanks for the update, I'm sure we'll see a lot more of this across the nation over the next few months.
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We are just soooo doomed.

New footage! The shooting happens near the end:



Haven't seen this one yet?

Soon there will be crime runnuning rampant in Oakland and the cops will just sit by and watch .

I would say that all citizens in oakland need to get a gun and be prepared to start removing the criminals from the city.

After 100 or so are put down from lead poisoning the cops may get the message.