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Oakland California, like the rest of California, is experiencing a serious budget shortfall. The police force in Oakland will be realizing serious layoffs after midnight tonight. Police Cheif Anthony Batts listed 44 situations that his police force will no longer have the ability to respond to after the 80 officers are let-go tonight. Below is a list of some of these crimes.
- identity theft
- grand theft
- burglary
- pass fictitious check
- embezzlement by an employee (over $ 400)
- extortion
- vandalism
If you live in Oakland and one of these 44 crimes happens to you, you must go online and notify the police. After which, probably nothing will be done. (Preuitt, Sanchez, NBC Bay Area). The economy in Salt Lake City, Park City and Provo while not ideal is not as bad off as Oakland, California and the probability that any Utah City would allow the police to not respond to minor crimes is very low. The political outcry in Utah would be deafening if the police refused to respond to minor crimes.
