Somehow the "Journalist" Didn't Mention Defund the Police

Are we shocked that after years of attacking the police, 911 response time suffers? Richmond Police didn't respond to 911 call. Then gunshots rang out.

Major public safety staffing woes in Richmond continue to cause breakdowns in how police respond to emergencies.

Southside resident Christopher May felt the impact over the weekend when he called on the police to respond to a dangerous situation in his Oak Grove neighborhood. However, he said the police response time was unacceptable.

The interim police chief was on hand to say that they are "struggling with staffing."

What no one mentions is the efforts of the Progressives to defund the police in Richmond. (From 2021) Richmond Progressive Alliance-led council votes to defund RPD by $3M.

The community policing model that led to vast crime reduction in Richmond during the mid-2010s and became a national model for effective policing can no longer be maintained, according to public safety officials and neighborhood leaders, as the Richmond Progressive Alliance (RPA)-dominated City Council voted Tuesday to further strip the Richmond Police Department’s funding by $3 million, resulting in a permanent reduction of another 12 sworn officer positions.

By the time that 2021 article was published, police staffing levels had decreased by 26 percent. I doubt they have rebounded in the past couple of years.

So how is it that Progressives, who claim to be so smart, couldn't figure out that not having enough police would lead to more crime? Or maybe they actually want more crime. Why? Don't know.