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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Luke87GT: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Robb: [qb] You live in a low class scumbag area, youre going to be at the bottom of the foodchain when it comes to emergency help. Thats just the way it is. [/qb][/QUOTE]Robb, there's a lot of truth to what you are saying. Let's look at the numbers. First Oakland is a population of 400,000, but the majority of the crime occurs in West and East Oakland (districts 3, 6,& 7). 72% of the homocides occur there even though it only accounts for 44% of the total Oakland population. Next, let's look at annual crime: > 100 homocides > 200 forcible rapes > 3400 robberies > 3000 aggrevated assaults > 6000 automotive break ins/thefts There are only 640 police officers in Oakland. That's 16 officers for every 10,000 residents. For comparison, SF has closer to 30 and NY has 45 or so last time I did the research. And again, this crime is heavily concentrated in East and West Oakland, so the numbers are actually worse per capita if we focus on those areas. For a city with 640 police offers and the staggering crime numbers shown above, it's less of a surprise that the police hardly respond to theft crimes and have a slowed response to major crimes. We can complain all day about this, but the numbers don't lie and that's just the way it is. If you choose to live in an area where the crime is off the charts and the police force is only 640 officers, you can expect that the response just won't be typical. If you don't like it, either become part of the solution be getting involved in your city or move out. One gentleman who I know that is involved in law enforcement rolled out the following to me. He said that in Oakland, an overwhelming majority of the homocide crime is gang on gang (I've seen data that disputes this to be fair). Therefore when shots ring out in East/West Oakland deep in the night, rushing to the scene and risking law enforcement lives to break up/protect gang members, isn't high on the priority list. As horrible as it sounds, they often prefer to pick up the pieces in the aftermath than get involved while it's happening. Gang members killing eachother is a limited concern. And lastly, don't overlook how difficult and stressful the lives of OPD are. Those folks are doing a job most of us wouldn't dare to touch. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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