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mulsh

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23. Oakmore and Piedmont Pines are not exactly bastions of 1%'ers. They're solidly

Reply to UBEEDelusional (Reply #5)

Sat Apr 6, 2013, 11:34 AM

Apr 2013

middle class neighborhoods, as are Montclair and the Glenview, my current neighborhood.

OPD no longer responds to most burglaries anywhere in Oakland. The best most neighborhoods can hope for is random patrols cares cruising through. You're lucky if you get a cop to show up and take a statement a day or two after something happens.

About the only positive thing that is happening because of this is that people in all neighborhoods are getting to know their neighbors better.

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Rich neighborhoods hiring private security as cities lay off cops [View all] xchrom Apr 2013 OP

Laws are for those who can afford them. Scuba Apr 2013 #1

Excellent! I might add one modification ... RKP5637 Apr 2013 #7

Who pays them? n/t patricia92243 Apr 2013 #2

the neighbors. nt xchrom Apr 2013 #3

Generally it's the residents, often via the HOA. n/t RKP5637 Apr 2013 #4

This would not be possiable without the 99% participating UBEEDelusional Apr 2013 #5

Now there's a really stupid and disgusting attitude. Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2013 #13

No, it's exactly the wrong response and people shouldn't work for them. Occulus Apr 2013 #17

Of course, none of what you say has a shred of evidence behind it. NT. Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2013 #19

Water is dry and the sun is a frozen ball of ice? Occulus Apr 2013 #21

BS and you know it UBEEDelusional Apr 2013 #22

Oakmore and Piedmont Pines are not exactly bastions of 1%'ers. They're solidly mulsh Apr 2013 #23

Dupe UBEEDelusional Apr 2013 #6

k/r marmar Apr 2013 #8

If ever a post deserved the "What could possibly go wrong" response... tularetom Apr 2013 #9

Ah, Newest Reality Apr 2013 #10

It's called privatizing the role of government malaise Apr 2013 #11

Our neighborhood has one. MissB Apr 2013 #12

Let me guess. Poor wages, no benefits, part-time employees. denverbill Apr 2013 #14

Beat me to it. theaocp Apr 2013 #15

And if they happen to catch a guard snooping around a house, denverbill Apr 2013 #16

This has been going on for years and years Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #18

i wonder how much it costs to get in teh security guard bidness? datasuspect Apr 2013 #20