“We conclude that policemen, like teachers and lawyers, are not relegated to a watered-down version of constitutional rights.”
–Garrity v. New Jersey (1967) 385 U.S. 493

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What If It Isn’t Incompetence?  Ask Mr. Curley.

January 2023 Warning Bells article

         We can’t fill academy classes.  Retirements and resignations are outpacing new hires.  The homeless increase daily.  Narcotics are used out in the open.  The Police Commission regularly ties the hands of officers trying to address the rising crime rate.  Liberal politicians come and go and conditions continue to decline in Los Angeles.  Officers are despondent and pull back from proactive policing or leave the Department.

         Officers leaving the profession are dwarfed by citizens leaving Los Angeles and California in general.   According to the LA Times, California lost 367,000 people and Los Angeles lost 180,000.  These are people voting with their feet.  [Full article]

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