Did not know where to post this. I was listening to the radio several days ago in the middle of the night and this story just hit me. A very large county in Oregon has very limited police protection. People are told, when they call a 911 type center, to call back when someone is available and people cannot go to jail since there is no money to fund it. Crime is exploding.
Here is one article I found: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...icle-1.1353085 and another http://www.kivitv.com/longform/in-th...aw-enforcement
Regardless of the historic reason for the current situation, it appears that the population (enough who vote) could not care less about their friends and neighbors and believe that they can protect themselves. Crime is exploding. I think the reporter said theft had gone from $12,000 per year to over $300,000.
One poor man had everything he owned stolen and was told to call back the next day. He called and called and then was told to go to the next town to their police and when he got there he was arrested for something like harassment.
One resident who wanted more business to move in to the county to provide jobs, was asked what about when the business is robbed. He laughed and said robbed by government taxes or a robber?
I think everyone who can should leave and leave now. They have voted down 4 levies to pay for more police or at least a full time force.
