When elected officials scream “defund the police,” any sane person would take that as an admission that you want more people to suffer from crimes. One cannot advocate for less police without knowing that murder, assault, and all other violent crimes will increase. You cannot be in favor of a poorly funded police department without being in favor of hurting the same people you claim to want to help. And if you don’t know all of that and truly believe defunding the police will do nothing but HELP people - that means you are too stupid to function in daily life and it should be illegal for that person to serve in office.

Pittsburgh saw a 46% increase in shootings from 2020 to 2021, and the highest number of homicides in 2022, than it had seen in decades.

I am sure you can guess how that happened.

From 2020 through 2022, Pittsburgh did not hire one single officer. Not one.

Having said all of that, it is unclear if the goal of local officials is to continually make the very people they represent suffer and fall victim to crime, but that is de facto what is happening.

Because despite all of that, the Pittsburgh Police Department is trying to decrease the department's call volume from 200,000 to 50,000 calls per year, by no longer responding to 911 calls that are not related to "in progress emergencies."

According to WFMZ:

Starting Monday, the city of Pittsburgh says it will no longer respond to 911 calls that are not related to "in progress emergencies."

According to a press release titled "Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Makes Operational Changes to Better Serve Pittsburgh," the city will create a "Telephone Reporting Unit" (TRU) to dispatch calls that do not require an in-person response by officers.

According to an investigation by the Pittsburgh-based station WPXI, this means that calls related to crimes such as criminal mischief, theft, harassment and burglary alarms will all be handled by the TRU or other forms of online reporting.

This has NOTHING to do with public safety. But you already knew that.

The department claims this is an attempt to “increase officer wellness” by decreasing the number of days they work from five to four.

But again, is there a reason they cannot decrease the number of working days by just hiring more officers?

Well, I guess you would only do that if your goal was to increase wellness in the department, while also keeping the public safe.

It is unclear if the department is having massive trouble getting officers to apply. But if that were the case, it’s expected because you cannot promote a culture that vilifies police, turns criminals into victims, and then expect people to come running to work for that force. No one would do that.

I am not going to tell you what the intent of this policy is. That’s up to you to decide. But I will tell you that no one, and I mean no one, will be safer because of this.

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