Tulsa police threaten residents

[TeeDub]

Is there another way to take this ultimatum?  It sure stinks of threatening Tulsans to me.


Tulsa police no longer responding to certain calls due to layoffs

Tulsa police have stopped responding to non-injury crashes and certain property crime report calls - such as fraud and larceny - unless a suspect is present at the time, authorities announced on Thursday

The changes took effect at midnight Wednesday and were the result of suggestions from a committee of officers and dispatchers who studied the department's call load.

Willingham said that officers will not be responding to non-injury collisions unless there is a crime involved, there is a disturbance or a motorist appears to be driving under the influence.

Similarly, they will not be responding to calls such as fraud and forgery and larceny unless the crime is in progress and the suspect is at the scene. Tulsans may still file those reports with the department online or by phone, however, and they will be sent to the appropriate investigators.


http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20100204_11_0_hrimgs586516

[SXSW]

The way I see it, they didn't need to be wasting their time with those things anyway. 

[patric]

Is there another way to take this ultimatum?  It sure stinks of threatening Tulsans to me.

Touched on that here:
http://www.tulsanow.org/forum/index.php?topic=14789.msg154124#msg154124

but others are of the opinion it is a typical "work slowdown" tactic that unions use when they can't strike.

[FOTD]

That's it! It's them damned Unions!!!!!

[YoungTulsan]

I thought someone said that there were only 25 officers on patrol for each shift at each division.  If a force of 500 or so (not sure what the number is now after the layoffs) cannot maintain 75 officers on the street at any given time, something is wrong.  Why would there need to be any change or cut to the already low number of patrolling officers?

225 8 hour shifts a day, x 7 = 1,575 shifts a week

1 patrol officer working a 40 hour week (no overtime) = 5 8 hour shifts

1,575 shifts / 5 shifts a week for one cop =  315 persons needed.

Not knowing the actual number, I'll say 10% of all officers shifts are sick days, vacation time, suspensions, injuries, etc.

Of the 1575 shifts needed covered say an additional 157 need covering due to the time off.  1732 shifts / an average of 4.5 shifts actually worked per officer = 385 officers needed to cover the load. [With no overtime given at all]

How many additional people do we need to sit at desks?