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Compton looking at reactivating its police force
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by compton cop watch / Christina Hoag, The Associated Pres Wednesday June 2, 2010
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NOTE: COMPTON POLICE OR COMPTON SHERIFFS ARE TWO BAGS OF THE SAME SHIT. EITHER ONE WILL SHOOT YOU IN THE BACK AND CONTINUE TO GET AWAY WITH IT
A split Compton City Council voted Tuesday night to reestablish the city’s police department, a decade after the force was disbanded amid high crime rates and political infighting between police commanders and city leaders.
Compton Mayor Eric J. Perrodin cast the deciding vote in the 3-2 decision to end the city’s contractual relationship with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. |
COMPTON - The defunct Compton Police Department may be making a comeback a decade after being disbanded under a cloud of corruption and politics.
The city council is set to vote Tuesday night to start the process of forming a local police force. Councilwoman Yvonne Arceneaux said she expects the motion to pass.
"It's always better to have your own," Arceneaux said. "We're at the mercy of the county now."
Once notorious as hub of gang activity, Compton has seen largely declining crime rates since 2000 when the police department was disbanded and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department took over.
The city recorded 55 homicides in 1999 and 37 last year.
"The city can do whatever they think is best," said Steve Whitmore, spokesman for Sheriff Lee Baca. "But we've done a remarkable job of policing the city of Compton, and residents know that."
Some in the city, including Mayor Eric Perrodin, a former Compton police officer, have long yearned to bring back the local police as a sign of civic pride, although residents have not always agreed. In 2004, 68 percent of voters defeated a ballot initiative to revive the city police.
The latest push grew out of a feasibility study on the issue that the council authorized in 2008. The study, headed by former Compton police chief Joseph Rouzan Jr., found the police department would cost about $18 million to run with 85 officers in its first year. It would take about 18 months to ramp up to full force.
The city currently pays the sheriff's department about $17 million a year for about 75 deputies. Compton also has free access to sheriff's services such as helicopters and tactical units that specialize in gangs and other areas of law enforcement, Whitmore said.
Besides getting more officers for less money with its own police force, the city would also reap about $1 million in fines, forfeitures and grants, the feasibility report said.
The council recently renewed its five-year contract with the sheriff. If the city council authorizes the city manager to start the process of forming a new police department, it's unclear how the city would terminate that contract.
Arceneaux said both forces would operate during a transitional phase.
Last August, the city council set aside $20 million for startup costs for a new police department and last month held four town hall meetings for public comments on the issue.
Royce Esters, who heads the local chapter of the National Association for the Equalization of Justice in America, said his group has worked well with the sheriff's department in the past.
"Whoever is here, we're going to make them accountable to the community," he said. "We're going to monitor them."
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| posted by: | savvy| message: | ''police'' are the only criminals who have a ''bill of rights''!
posted Thursday June 3, 2010 | |
| posted by: | how long?| message: | how long is fascism going to be allowed? one thing for sure, ''america'' is a lie, a fascist lie. ''911'' is being used as an excuse to spy on people and cblame anyone they choose to for the problems they commited. the oil spill ,the lies irresponsibility. time for anyone to realize that your life is in danger and only you are accountable to your life. the police are not a reality, meaning they are a fantasy created by unknown forces to make you believe they are protecting you from ''terrorists'' while THEY are the actual terrorists! believe the media and police at your own risk.
posted Wednesday June 2, 2010 | |
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