Cash-Strapped San Jose Police Won’t Respond To Low-Priority Calls

duh! u must b a cop with such gr8t common sense!

If your car gets broken into you should report it to the police over the phone. The police will likely not send an officer unless you have the suspect under citizen's arrest, or you know exactly who, and where the suspect is at the time of your call. That just makes sense to me. Regarding a vehicle accident, simply exchange identification, including drivers license info, insurance coverage info, then, report it to the Police by phone. if there is no personal injury, and if it is not a "hit & run, and the other driver is not obviously drunk, or looking to fight you, it is unlikely that the Police will send an officer. It is not necessary. Just report your side of the story to your insurance company.

Car burglaries don't often get solved. Don't store valuables (laptop, GPS, cash, backpacks, parcels) in your car, and your chances of being a victim go down. Even when the police take a report, car break-ins are rarely solved.

Your insurance company has investigators that will take statements from the involved parties and witnesses, inspect the damage, and determine fault. No need for the police to be involved if there is no hit-and-run or DUI involved.

There is a big need for the police to respond to accidents wether there are injuries or not. You need to have a police report to make an insurance claim. Any one who drives a car should know that..

Just one Shirley....the others are there as back-up. Officers have been shot and killed while writing a ticket. They also might have been there to conduct a vehicle search. One watches the driver while the others search the vehicle. Officers have been killed conducting a vehicle search with their backs to the driver/passengers.

OK, I agree to that for our police officers' protection, since after all their first duty is protect us they deserve the same, but they can still save money by doubling up in their cars versus sending 3 cars they're still spending money on another vehicle and gas. Either way, there's not a win win situation. I feel that the public has soften up criminals, if minimum to no punishment why stop committing the crime? Like teachers, police officers are being more and more limited to what they can do.

I agree that police should be "doubled-up" when on patrol but they try to fool you into believing there are more police on patrol than there really are by having one to a car....smoke and mirrors.
The punishemnts metted out are an arguement you should serve on your local city councillor/state representative. The courts can only punish as far as the laws let them.

someone has to write speeding tickets and eat donughts!

totally agree

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Hire a private security firm that works for you first and only. Its called free enterprise. It used to be what made this country great. Before people and attitudes like yours came along...

@ Derek, attitudes like hers? You mean because she is paying taxes for a service she expects when she needs it? I think it is your attitude that may need an adjustment.

@Catherine, they can't just cut their salary because they need the union to agree to it. That was one of many ideas the city proposed, but the union said no and that they would rather have fewer officers than take a pay cut. Then they use those cut officers to put out PR like this so that the community will be riled up and complain about the cuts to the police department.

Before we go cutting salaries, does anyone know how much they make? I'm sorry. For someone who puts their life on the line every day, I think it's OK to have a decent salary. You know, miniscule increases in tax revenue can pay for this stuff, but the Republicans block all of that at every chance. Then, CA is forced to finance necessities through bonds, on which we pay interest. Republicans want to cut spending, well, you've got to live with the consequences.