Wednesday, July 14, 2010

It's Done: Oakland Fires 80 Police Officers...

Because of budget problems.

Below are the list of "small" crimes the police will now officially not respond to in person. Victims will instead be asked to fill out forms over the internet. The crimes include:

  • 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

Obviously, it's time protection be privatized away from government.

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