By: Diane Benjamin
Other than all Bloomington Police Officers, guess what these 23 have in common:
https://www.cityblm.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=21565
The link above is to the Total Compensation report for last year. See the column labeled “misc”. Below is the description of the “misc” column:
Without a FOIA I can’t say every officer on this list received Worker’s Compensation, meaning they were INJURED on the job, but many received large amounts of money which couldn’t be anything but Worker’s Compensation.
These officers are trained, carry offensive weapons, and really want to go home when their shift ends – they still get injured.
What will happen to “social workers” responding to calls?
One Public Comment Monday night claimed police don’t need to do traffic stops. See this story – a police officer was killed making a traffic stop: Bothell-mourns-slain-police-officer-jonathan-shoop-killed-during-traffic-stop
Look at the Compensation list, there are lots of other Worker’s Compensation claims especially in the Fire Department.
I’m not sure why they’re so worried about whether or not police NEED to make traffic stops when they don’t really make enough traffic stops to begin with. BloNo has speed limits; no one obeys them. 30 MPH really means at least 35, if not 38 or 40 MPH. BloNo has dozens of traffic control lights; very few care about stopping at red lights or paying any attention to them whatsoever. See the left turn from Main St. onto College Ave. in the mornings at approximately 8 AM.
Since I don’t live in BloNo, but I do travel there daily to either go to the doctor or for working purposes, who would I call and leave messages to in Bloomington and Normal to let them know that I will stop coming to town to shop if they take away money from law enforcement? I know Stan Nord reads this blog, but is there anyone else I should directly contact?
Tari is too chicken to take away money. The union gave him tons to run.
The last thing we need is more traffic enforcement. Traffic enforcement isn’t about safety. It’s about revenue. As long as I see officers sitting running radar in 30 mph speed traps on four lane highways I will argue for cutting police budgets. Eighty-five percent of motorists drive at reasonable and prudent speeds and don’t need to be forced to drive slower at the point of a gun.
BPD used to have a “traffic division” which was disbanded due to department cuts.
Well we will probably have a Democratic mayor somewhere who will actually start sending social workers in place of police officers.
How long will it be before a social worker is brutally killed during one of these leftist interventions?
Not long.
Does PTSD qualify as Work Comp? I saw an article saying several police officers filed for PTSD after looting spree.
It probably does but these are all from 2019 – pre looting.
Do the police still allow ride-alongs? Would be interesting for some of the advocates and social workers to see first hand how a domestic violence call plays out. They’re kidding themselves if they think these situations can be handled and diffused by a social worker. I think they’re assuming that people are rational in these situations and can be counseled in that moment. Pretty sure that’s not the case.
One of my relatives was considering having a police career. He went on a ride-a-long and immediately change his mind. It takes a special person to be willing to serve in this capacity.
Curious – Is there a list of “social workers” who are volunteering to fill this responsibility of the police? Or is this a theory? Or classroom idea?
Seems like this idea came from the same place as the “let’s negotiate with looters” ideas of both Koos and Renner who decided to go to the looting locations and talk to the looters about their demands to resolve the looting. Both mayors thought showing up to the looting sites in-person was a good idea, but in reality it was not a good idea at all – both of these men could have been hurt or even worse.
Paid – much more than social workers make now.
The social work professional organization is fully in the extreme liberal camp. Nasw and their university organizations send huge sums of money to the dems and are a major mover of social justice issues. Hint… they are also a bunch of loons!