Blame The Po-Leese

 With Alexandria, LA experiencing some certain amount of criminal activity, the knee-jerk reaction of the city administration is to diffuse blame from the culture and put try to blame it on the police.  Brooke Buford reports from KALB.

ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - The Alexandria Police Department says the man who was shot in the 3900 block of Clinton Street in Alexandria has died. Cynthia Perry, City Councilwoman for District 3, took to social media about that fatal shooting, noting that she stopped by the scene after Tuesday’s council meeting and spoke to District Attorney Phillip Terrell about it. Steven and Brooke speak with Miss Perry about the incident.

 “I know right now we have a shortage of police officers and they’re not patrolling the neighborhoods like they should. So, these are some of the reasons why these shootings are taking place as well,” said Cynthia Perry, Alexandria City Council (Dist. 3)

The first thing I'd ask that Council-critter is why she thought she needed to stop by a crime scene?  To get in the say?  To stumble around, complicating the crime scene?  What possible good came from her stopping by?  I always hated it when elected officials cane out to a crime scene.  They wanted answers that we didn't have, and were simply preening for whatever camera might be present.  In shot,, they were a huge pain in the ass.

And, of course, the first words out fo this idiots mouth were that there is a shortage of police officers. 

The culture of any community can be traced to whatever current administration is running things.  If police officers are leaving in droves, it's not the fault of the individual police officers, and it is certainly not the fault of the officers who remain.

If officers are leaving for other agencies, we have to ask ourselves why?  Better pay, better working conditions, better chances for promotion?  Many times it is the attitude of the administration.  If the attitude of the administration is hostile to police efforts, then there is really no reason to stay.  

The reasons why any community has an unacceptable level of street crime may be many and varied, but those reasons are very seldom the fault of the police.  Individual police officers expect a certain amount of bullshit, but when thee scale tips to an unacceptable level, those individual officers start looking for better  working conditions.