Who needs this? Police recruits abandon dream amid anti-cop climate

[techbeck]

Police departments face a recruiting shortage amid a growing anti-cop mood that some fear has taken the pride out of peacekeeping and put targets on the backs of the men and women in blue.  

Open calls for the killing of police have been followed by assassinations, including last week's murder in Texas of a Harris County sheriff's deputy. Instead of dialing back the incendiary rhetoric, groups including "Black Lives Matter" have instead doubled down at demonstrations with chants of "Pigs in a blanket, fry em like bacon." Public safety officials fear the net effect has been to demonize police, and diminish the job.

"It's a lot harder to sell now," Jeff Roorda, business manager of the St. Louis Police Officers Association and former state representative, told FoxNews.com. "This is a very real phenomenon."

Roorda's colleagues witnessed the fierce, anti-police rioting that followed the police shooting last year of Michael Brown in nearby Ferguson, Missouri. Even though a grand jury and a federal Justice Department inquiry did not fault Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson, debunked claims that the cop killed Brown as he held his hands up and begged for his life have animated the Black Lives Matter movement as it spread around the nation.

Roorda, who spoke in defense of police in the aftermath of the Ferguson shooting, said protesters took to Twitter to promote a #KillRoorda hashtag.

"You no longer just have to worry about your life while in uniform," he said. "Now you have to be worried about the well-being of your family," he said.

Roorda said the new academy class continues to be delayed and the police force loses about double the amount of officers per year than in the past.

Knowing police face public scorn or career-ending legal battles even if they acted properly has convinced many prospective cops to abandon their dreams of patrolling America's streets. 

"I saw all this anti-cop propaganda and I was like, 'Who needs this?'” said Antonio, a New Yorker who asked that only his first name be used. The 32-year-old had applied and been accepted into the NYPD academy, but withdrew his candidacy amid the cop-bashing climate sweeping the country.

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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/09/02/who-needs-this-police-recruits-abandon-dream-amid-anti-cop-climate/

[DocM]

The radicals and hoods are getting exactly what they wanted: reduced opposition, and a lot of current and former community activists started the ball rolling. 

[techbeck]

The radicals and hoods are getting exactly what they wanted: reduced opposition, and a lot of current and former community activists started the ball rolling. 

Yup, and what the BLM is supposed to be fore will have the opposite results.  Decrease in police presence and increase in crime making things worse than they are now.  And they will still be ###### at cops because for not doing their jobs for lack of personnel to do so.

Black Lives Matter and what they stand for is ######.  It is not about black lives, it is about all lives.  What they are doing is making the issues worse and promoting racism and hate.  Bunch of idiots.

[DocM]

Another one. Mills Mass. cop shot at but fortunately they missed.

http://www.whdh.com/story/29944656/police-searching-for-suspect-who-shot-police-cruiser-in-millis

[DocM]

And from La Plata, Maryland

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2015/09/02/police-investigating-threatening-tweets-made-toward-la-plata-residents/

[techbeck]

Another one. Mills Mass. cop shot at but fortunately they missed.

http://www.whdh.com/story/29944656/police-searching-for-suspect-who-shot-police-cruiser-in-millis

Turns out, the cop made it up.

[DocM]

Just saw that. Dumbass. Glad he's gone & hope they prosecute for the unnecessary fire and false report.

[Joe User]

And from La Plata, Maryland

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2015/09/02/police-investigating-threatening-tweets-made-toward-la-plata-residents/

 

Seems legit. I'll mention it to the drivers of the "free candy" van when it rolls by.