You may have heard the news recently that Pittsburgh, a city of about 300,000 people, did a few “headline-grabbing” things with their police force. The two biggest are probably:
From 3am to 7am, only 20 officers will be on staff — again, for a city of 300,000.
In general, Pitt dispatchers will only send police to “in-progress events” that are dire, which essentially seems to mean you can shoplift as much as you want in the Steel City and no one will get dispatched.
Here is the conservative/MAGA take on it all:
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