10 May 2023 4:41 am
Cleveland is 48.8% black. 40% white. The rest are asian, hispanic, other.
Who in the **** would want that job?
Amid departmental shortage, current Cleveland police academy class has just 9 recruits (msn.com)
The Cleveland Division of Police's newest class of recruits is the smallest the city has seen in decades, highlighting a yearslong struggle to attract new officers to a dwindling police force."It’s disheartening," said Cleveland Police Captain James O’Malley, "because this is a good career." (LOL - Punch)O’Malley has been with the department for 27 years. He said the current class of nine recruits is the smallest he’s seen and even smaller compared to the number of officers Cleveland needs.
"The city of Cleveland is 77 square miles, and if someone calls the police, they want the police there," he said. "You have to have bodies to do that. You have to have community engagement. You have to have CIT officers — crisis intervention officers. These all take bodies."
Who in the **** would want that job?
Amid departmental shortage, current Cleveland police academy class has just 9 recruits (msn.com)
The Cleveland Division of Police's newest class of recruits is the smallest the city has seen in decades, highlighting a yearslong struggle to attract new officers to a dwindling police force."It’s disheartening," said Cleveland Police Captain James O’Malley, "because this is a good career." (LOL - Punch)O’Malley has been with the department for 27 years. He said the current class of nine recruits is the smallest he’s seen and even smaller compared to the number of officers Cleveland needs.
"The city of Cleveland is 77 square miles, and if someone calls the police, they want the police there," he said. "You have to have bodies to do that. You have to have community engagement. You have to have CIT officers — crisis intervention officers. These all take bodies."