After basking in the fiery glow of BLM Summer, the geniuses running the city of Burlington, Vermont, defunded their police force. The 30% budget cut had two immediate effects. Crime rose, and they had trouble hiring police officers. But they’ve decided on a temporary solution.
Mayor Miro Weinberger’s office said the patrols would begin as soon as this week and confirmed that the city will pay the expense out of the police budget. The troopers will be paid at their overtime rate plus travel expenses, according to Silverman.
“Despite all the steps that we have taken to expand our public safety resources in the downtown since the spring, it is clear that we need to do even more until the current climate improves,” Weinberger said in a statement.
The overtime is voluntary, probably because the state of Vermont, a larger reflection of progressive Burlington, is having trouble hiring state troopers.
Burlington has offered a 15,000.00 dollar signing bonus, but this pro-defund, sanctuary city, authorized for 87 police officers, only has 62 – roughly 30% fewer staff (irony alert!).
The Vermont State Police is authorized for 333 Troopers but is down about 50 officers.
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State troopers can take shifts during evening hours from Wednesday through Saturday, according to state police spokesperson Adam Silverman. They will not be responding to 911 calls unless called for backup. He said the elective overtime comes after a request from the city and is expected to last for 30 days.
“Our directive is to conduct high-visibility patrols only,” Silverman said.
So, the defund-the-police-democrats admit that an elevated police presence will do what? Give assurance to non-criminals that the city is doing something. Convince people they are not high on crime and low on peace and order. Shore up their standing as competent city managers?
Will the progressives in Burlington care? I know business owners are outraged at the rise in property crime, but this city “legalized” human sex trafficking and allows illegal aliens to vote in local elections.
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The Democrat agenda is sunning it into the ground in real-time while we watch. The same unpleasant end that has dominated cities like New York, Chicago, Baltimore, and Washington, DC.
And that brings us back to Mayor Miro Weinberger, who said, “Despite all the steps that we have taken to expand our public safety resources in the downtown since the spring, it is clear that we need to do even more until the current climate improves.”
Are they truly this stupid?
The only thing that will fix the problems in Burlington are voters who stop casting ballots for Democrats and elected officials who don’t have their heads up their asses. And I don’t think that cesspool of progressives has it in them.
HT | Vermont Digger
