Camden, New Jersey dumped its unionized police force last spring, unable to afford the lucrative union contract the city was stuck with, and instead contracted for police services with the nonunion county force. Crime promptly dropped. Ed Krayewski reports for Reason:
The city has been run exclusively by Democrats for several generations, and some local leaders openly worried that Camden, which already had the highest crime rate per capita last year, would get worse. But it hasn't. In fact, crime's gone down, as Fox News Latino reports:
The reorganization increased the amount of police on the streets and incorporated cutting edge technology such as ShotSpotter rooftop monitors. The initiative has already gotten results, according to city leaders.
Over the summer months this year, the murder rate fell by 22 percent and crime overall was down 15 percent, according to data provided by Camden County officials.
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/11/crime_rate_plunges_after_city_dumps_unionized_police.html (http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/11/crime_rate_plunges_after_city_dumps_unionized_police.html)
Top ten ways to tell if you might be a member of a public-sector union
10.) You take a week off to protest in Wisconsin and your office runs better.
9.) On a snow day when they say "non-essential" people should stay home you know who they mean.
8.) You get paid twice as much as a private sector person doing the same job but make up the difference by doing half as much work.
7.) It takes longer to fire you than the average killer spends on death row.
6.) The worse you do your job, the more your boss avoids you.
5.) You think the French are working themselves to death.
4.) You know by having a copy of the Holy Koran on your desk your job is 100% safe.
3.) You spend more time at protest marches than at church.
2.) You have a Democratic congressman's lips permanently attached to your butt.
1.) You pay more in union dues than you do for your healthcare insurance
http://dailycaller.com/2011/02/21/top-ten-ways-to-tell-if-you-might-be-a-member-of-a-public-sector-union/# (http://dailycaller.com/2011/02/21/top-ten-ways-to-tell-if-you-might-be-a-member-of-a-public-sector-union/#)!
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Laughed out loud at #7. Soooooooo true! :thumbsup:
I'll bet Rham is on the phone with Christie, getting all the details, right now. :biggrin:
Number 7 needs an asterisk - *
*Racial or Ethnic minority killer.
-Darth