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>> NOW AT SIX. THE CITY OF
VALLEJO STRUGGLING WITH
VIOLENT CRIME.
RESIDENTS SURPRISED TO KNOW
THAT MONEY EARMARKED FOR
POLICE IS BEING SPENT ON
FIXING POTHOLES.
>> I THINK IT'S CRAZY
>> PAM: WITH A WAVE OF
OFFICERS LEAVING THE VALLEJO
POLICE DEPARTMENT FASTER
THAN THEY CAN BE
REPLACED.QUESTIONS ARE NOW
BEING ASKED ABOUT WHY TAX
DOLLARS ARE NOT BEING USED
TO HIRE MORE OFFICERS.NEW AT
SIX.KRON4'S HAAZIQ MADYUN
SHOWS YOU WHAT THE CITY HAS
DECIDED TO SPEND THE TAX
MONEY ON INSTEAD.
>>REPORTER: YOU ARE LOOKING
AT THE STREET RIGHT NOW,
THERE ARE SOME CRACKS IN THE
ROAD
>> "IT'S NOT THAT BAD"
HOWEVER THERE IS A BUMP IN
THE ROUND WHEN COMES TO THE
CITY OF VALLEJO HIRING NEW
POLICE OFFICERS THIS
YEARTHAT IS BECAUSE THE CITY
HAS DECIDED TO REDIRECT
VOTER APPROVED MEASURE B
TAX MONEYABOUT 2 2 MILLION
DOLLARSSLATED FOR HIRING
NEW COPSTO INSTEAD BE USED
FOR REPAVING CITY
STREETSSOME VALLEJO
RESIDENTS TRYING TO FIND AN
OFFICER TO TALK TO HERE AT
THE POLICE STATIONARE NOT
FEELING GOOD ABOUT THE IDEA
>> "IT'S CRAZY"
>> "I THINK THE STREETS NEED
TO BE REPAVED BUT THAT
DOESN'T HELP ME WHEN SOMEONE
BREAKS INTO MY CAR, STEALS
STUFF OUT OF MY HOUSE AND
YOU CAN'T GET AN OFFICER"
ARE
>> VALLEJO LOST ABOUT HALF
OF ITS' POLICE FORCE IN THE
WAKE OF FILING BANKRUPTCY
BACK IN 2008LEAVING JUST
OVER 80 UNIFORMED OFFICERS
NOT ENOUGH EVEN TO KEEP THE
POLICE STATION LOBBY OPEN ON
FRIDAYSINSTEAD YOU HAVE TO
USE THIS PHONE THAT CONNECTS
YOU TO DISPATCHSO WHY NOT
SPEND THE MEASURE B MONEY ON
HIRING MORE OFFICERSCITY
MANAGER DANIEL KEEN
>> "THE PROCESS TAKES A LONG
TIME THE RECRUITING PROCESS,
IT TAKES A FAIR AMOUNT OF
TIME"
>> REPORTER: SO THAT'S THE
REASONMAYBE YOU COULD USE
SOME OF THOSE FUNDS TO HIRE
MORE BODIES TO HELP YOU HIRE
MORE COPS?
>> "I DON'T KNOW THAT WOULD
HELP US"
>>REPORTER: IN THE MEAN TIME
THE FUNDS WILL BE REDIRECTED
TO REPAIR POT HOLES LIKE
THIS