That doesn’t refer to Washington D.C.’s already huge concentration of law enforcement and multiple overlapping police forces. Washington D.C. has the highest ratio of police to people of any major city in the country. There are 650 officers for every 100,000 residents in D.C. That’s 40% higher than any other major city in America including Chicago and Baltimore. It has a 58% higher police ratio than New York, more than double that of Boston, and triple that of L.A.
But that’s nothing compared to the private police force dedicated only to protecting Congress.
-The Old Man
I wouldn't mind, so long as the Congressmen were handcuffed to the 4 cops. 24/7.
ReplyDeleteYeah well,
DeleteDerick Chavin’s not on duty. And I think Saturday Koon has retired.
So we’re out of luck!
Frank
Last year the Capitol police were funded at the same levels as the Denver police department...
ReplyDeleteUS Capitol - $460 million budget, 2200 employees, 270 acres,
Denver PD - $426 million, 1824 employees, City of Denver has 99,200 acres
Now, they want a few hundred more sworn personnel? They are not delivering on what they have.
Important lesson from the days of the Caesars - if you're a ruler, keep the Praetorians happy. Bad things can happen when they aren't.
DeleteIts a real shame that our ELECTED betters are so afraid of those that ELECTED them in the first place. One should ask why would our ELECTED betters be afraid of us, what are they doing that would make us angry at them?
ReplyDeletewho said they were elected. Isn't that just more dominion management?
DeletePlease look at it a different way: US Congress is THE center of organized crime in the nation. Those 100+435+1+1 criminals need to be protected from taxpayers.
ReplyDeleteAs someone who's dealt with the Capitol Police for the past 20 years, there's a small group that's basically a SWAT team. Highly trained, well armed. Mostly ex-SF. The rest are slightly better than the local mall cops. Problem isn't numbers, problem is a serious lack of training and hiring standards.
ReplyDelete"The rest are slightly better than the local mall cops. Problem isn't numbers, problem is a serious lack of training and hiring standards."
DeleteThese were probably the ones opening the barriers and letting the AntiFa and MSM shitheads in the Capitol on the 6th of January.
Does this mean a 4-9x50 Burris is no longer enough glass?
ReplyDeleteIf you require that much firepower/police/protection, and now the NG, to govern...you just might be illegitimate.
ReplyDeletethey're gonna need it
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