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Flint Officials Plan to Lay Off 57 Police Officers

By myFOXDetroit.com Staff

FLINT, Mich. (AP) - Officials plan to lay off 57 police officers in Flint by the end of the month, a move that has some people concerned about public safety.

Flint police sergeants union president Rick Hetherington says police will have their hands full just dealing with day-to-day crime, and he wonders what will happen when officers have to call for backup.

The Flint Journal reports the layoffs set for March 25 would leave one officer for every 900 residents. The national average for cities the size of Fl

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nformation from: The Flint Journal, www.mlive.com

Okay what is going on isnt this the last place you want to cut...public safety what do you guys think is going on cuz i wonder.are they down sizing local law enforcement to have a reason to bring in federal troops the seems quite fishy to say the least and why would you even consider laying of officers with this upcoming health care quagmire


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Flint, Mi has suffered from the recession for 30yrs. Loseing 120,000 jobs, with the same amount of population loss. The city is down sizeing all govt. to deal with lack of money. The police dept. is patroling abandoned neighborhoods with few residents. The crime stats have fallen rapidly over the last few years due to:
1- better sentenceing guide lines
2- much lower population levels
3- the thugs are killing each other off, good for them
4- few people have cars now in the "Vehicle City"

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If the gov. was to send in troops it would be to guard something or take over something. The 10 General Motors plants are gone, you can land airplanes where these factories were located. Also the people of Flint would not go easy. I guess it could be an experiment on a medium size city to see how bloody their nose would get. It would not be a good sight on either side. I know this city well and was also in the U.S.Army

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Flint is a fairly dangerous place for the common citizen.

It will be VERY interesting to see the results. I've always acknowledged the fact that armed citizens and an organized "block watch" is hundreds of times more effective than police (police in my experience are near useless except to file police reports for insurance claims).

It will be very interesting to see how the citizens respond.

Also it will be interesting to see how gangs respond. They might experience decreased violence because the gang's may be able to feel less pressure and could possible expand territory, reducing clashes with rival gangs.

Edit: incredible grammar issues.. wow

[edit on 18-3-2010 by SirPsychoSexy]

I agree.........sorta. Maybe we are thinking to deep about this. Flint is a tuff city, has and always will be. Large gangs do not thrive here it's to tough for them cops/locals wil not let them. Come visit.......I know a few persons that never wanted to leave.