![]() Think of it as a hurricane: Thousands will flee an area before a storm makes landfall you can’t count among the affected only those who flee after it arrives. The two-year run up to Measure B and all the negative messaging that went with it played a significant part in those officers’ decisions.įrom the date the first Measure B draft was unveiled in May of 2011, more than 400 police officers have either resigned or retired. ![]() The fact that many officers left before Measure B passed does not mean the measure is not the cause of our staffing crisis. ![]() This is unacceptable for a city that was once the safest big city in the nation. Priority 2 response times now exceed 20 minutes (the goal is 11 minutes), and Priority 1 response times now exceed the 6 minute target in 13 of the 16 police districts. Hundreds of officers who once staffed the disbanded burglary investigations unit, the extinct auto-theft unit, the vanquished Violent Crimes Enforcement Team and our understaffed patrol division have left.Īccording to a report by San Jose City Auditor Sharon Erickson, the result of the police exodus has increased emergency 911 response times. Mayoral candidate Sam Liccardo made this claim in a recent op-ed on public safety. One only has to look at the words of departing officers in hundreds of resignation letters to understand how the divisive pension reform measure has forced an exodus of hundreds of officers - with calamitous results for public safety. To make the claim that the San Jose police force has not been decimated by Measure B is a disingenuous attempt to rewrite history. Measure B: Yes, it is causing the shortage of San Jose police officers – The Mercury News Close Menu ![]()
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