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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @grayruby 9 Oct \ parent \ on: List of the 20 most dangerous cities Politics_And_Law

What do you attribute this to?

You would think the rich and powerful politicians that live there part time and all the other federal gov adjacent employees/contractors etc that live there would want to clean it up.

40 sats \ 3 replies \ @Cje95 9 Oct

One of the reasons I think it is occurring is because with Members and so many staffers as well off campaigning there do not seem to be near the amount of police out. Also, not sure if this is true or not but after weeks of rain and gloom outside the weather has been really nice so people are out and about.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 9 Oct

Should have clarified, I meant the high crime rate and especially violent crime in DC in general not just the specific recent incidents you were referring to.

61 sats \ 1 reply \ @Cje95 9 Oct

Hmm.... I think there are a few factors in play some that have been addressed but others that have not been.

DC was a defund the police city and that hurt them
DC also was a COVID mandate city. This hit not only the existing officer levels but at one point 3 out of 4 recruits were leaving the police academy each month due to the vaccine mandate so it dug a huge hole.
DC being a seat of power I think also attracts not the greatest people and so there are issues of the crowd that is attracted.
To address the police shortage first year compensation is over $80k now with a base salary of $68k after the first 18 months

61 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 9 Oct

This is correct, and explains it for many other U.S. cities.

The double whammy of defund the police and COVID.

Many police tend to run conservative, and many retired within the last 5 years because of vaccine mandates and constantly being attacked by the media and politicians. They decided not to put up with it.

I know a police captain and he said recruitment situation is really bad. They can't hire enough people, so they have to dig deep and relax requirements. It used to be that if you ever had a drug history, you wouldn't be able to join. Now, you just have to have been sober for a year. (I am talking about LA)

BTW, @Cje95, now that MathJax is implemented you have to be careful if using dollar signs. Make sure you don't use double dollar signs $$ because that causes you enter math mode.