You may remember the summer of 2020 when the Saint George Riots saw carnage and murder throughout blue cities across the country. You may also remember how police were excoriated that summer and leftist politicians declared we needed to defund the police.
Philadelphia, especially, was all on board for defunding their police department, firing officers for minor infractions, and propping up show trials for others.
It’s funny what a difference two years can make.
After a tidal wave of retirements and resignations, Mayor Jim “I’ll Have Another Drink” Kenney and Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw have implemented 12-hour shifts for all police officers, effective this past Saturday, June 11th.
We are hearing this may also apply to detectives at some point, but so far that has not happened.
So the two people most responsible for destroying the morale of the department are now demanding police officers work twelve-hour shifts. The shifts are not voluntary, mind you; they are forced, and the plan is to continue these shifts for the rest of the summer.
We worked twelve-hour shifts during the Floyd riots, and after the first few weeks, a lot of people started calling out sick. You can only work twelve-hour shifts for so long, then the exhaustion takes over. This is a terrible idea, in my opinion, but it’s not like the mayor or the commissioner gives a damn.