Young people, listen to me, if they can’t fill vacancies it means the job sucks.
Stop and think about it. And its not the job
itself, it’s the loons on the job because at this point the only people who want
the job are those desperate for authority, basically the same people everyone
avoided in high school.
Personnel
emergency declared as FCPD tackles staffing challenges
The Fairfax County Police Department is under
a personnel emergency amid a staffing shortage that has continued
for several months.
In a temporary shift,
police officers are transitioning to two 12.5-hour shifts and working mandatory
overtime, according to the FCPD. That departs from the standard staffing model
of three 11.5-hour shifts.
Additionally, patrol officers “may be
required” to help other squads to maintain safe staffing levels, FCPD told
FFXnow.
So far, the police
department has 194 operational vacancies, but that does not account for 50
recruits currently in the police academy. That leaves 144 total vacancies.
“We have launched a
multi-media recruiting campaign this summer with updates videos on our
new JoinFCPD.org website,”
a spokesperson said.
Some say the Fairfax
County Board of Supervisors has failed to provide adequate salary increases and
other incentives to attract and retain the county’s police force.
While officers saw an
average pay increase of nearly 8% in this fiscal year,
beginning July 1, pay scale steps were frozen between fiscal years 2019
and 2021.
“The salary increases
that some officers received this fiscal year doesn’t make up for what was
previously promised to them,” Steve Manohan, president of the county’s
chapter of the Southern States Police Benevolent Association said. “Keep
in mind, there were hundreds of officers who only received a 4% cost of living
increase in fiscal year 2022.”
Board Chairman Jeff McKay
says the board is working with FCPD to recruit and retain officers, noting that
Chief Kevin Davis has a plan to reach out across the county, region and
nationwide — including non-traditional means like advertisements at movie
theaters. The department has also reduced the length of its application and
background information requirements in an effort to streamline the process.
“All of this is done to
position FCPD as an exciting and meaningful career choice for those who may
have a calling for public service,” McKay wrote in a statement.
McKay says the county is
looking at different ways to support officers as staffing adjustments continue.
“The Fairfax County Police Department is a top
destination for anyone who wants to serve their community, and we will continue
to get that message out while also exploring ways to maintain our regional
competitiveness in compensation and job satisfaction,” he said. “Like with all
municipalities during this pandemic era there is much work to be done, but our
team–and especially our officers–are up to the task, and we are here to support
them 100%.”
Still, Manohan says more
must be done to address the “exodus” of police officers from the county.
“Our board maintains that
a three-step decompression of the pay scale, or 15% pay raise is a reasonable
and good faithed effort to stop the exodus of officers from leaving the
department and makes an honest investment of the public safety of Fairfax
County,” Manohan said.
Part of that hiring
commitment includes increasing the number of women in the police. By 2030, the
police department hopes that at least 30% of its workforce will consist of
female police officers.
“An internal look at
retention are all aspects of a multifaceted approach to returning to our
complete staffing model,” the spokesperson said.
High vacancy rates have
plagued the public safety sector across the country. In Fairfax County, the sheriff’s
office has been affected as well.
Manohan says the time to
act is now.
“With nearly 200
operational vacancies within the department, violent crime increasing, and
officers being forced to work longer hours;
the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors has failed to address
the serious issues concerning the rank and file of our department,” he wrote in
a statement to FFXnow.
The FCPD reported
an overall drop in crime last year
compared to 2020, though there was an uptick in homicides.
It’s unclear when
staffing will resume to normal operations, according to the FCPD. The
department did not provide specific information on how staffing shortages may
impact service, shifts, hours, and the composition of police units.
Family criticizes Fairfax Co. police for fatally shooting man suffering from mental health crisis
Fairfax
County police fatally shot 26-year-old Jasper Aaron Lynch inside a McLean,
Virginia residence.
"We
have a family member here who was having a bit of a psychotic break," the
caller says. "He's here now. He's throwing some stuff right now, so if we
can get a dispatch that would be really helpful."
So the
cops went over to the address and shot the kid to death.
In one
hand, Lynch can be seen holding a wine bottle, and in the other hand is a
tribal mask.
Officers
can be heard repeatedly telling Lynch to put the objects down. "It's
alright, bud," one says.
Lynch
disregards the demands and throws the mask at the officers and then runs after
them swinging a bottle.
So they
killed him.
"Our
son, Aaron, was experiencing a severe mental health crisis on July 7. He was
scared and asked for both of the 911 calls that were made that day. We believe
that the three police officers who answered the second 911 call could have, and
should have, handled this far differently," the statement reads. "To
respond to Aaron’s mental health crisis by shooting him at all, let alone
multiple times, cannot be justified. We recognize that, at times, police
officers face grave and unknown dangers in the line of duty, but that was not
the case for that call at our home regarding our son. Aaron was about 5’
6", slightly built, and holding just a bottle and a decorative mask.
"As
parents, we mourn the heartbreaking loss of our son and are left with only
memories and regret. Had we known there was any possibility that the police
responding to the second 911 call would use lethal force against Aaron during a
mental health crisis, we would not have involved them until a mental health
counselor could be present, as was the case for the response to the first 911
call. We hope our efforts to find out more about this incident will, in the
future, help families in similar situations avoid such a tragic outcome."
The
officer who shot Lynch has been identified as First Class Edward George. He has
been placed on administrative status.
Young people. do you want to work around people like this guy? Then stay the hell away from the Fairfax County Police, takea job with the federal government, join the army, anything else but these killers.
on the other hand, if your suspected of killing your infant daughter, you'll just get house confinement, ...
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.
(7News) — Jason Michael Colley, a 42-year-old former Fairfax County police
officer charged in the death of his 6-month-old daughter in 2017, entered an
Alford plea to two counts of first-degree assault Thursday in Frederick County
Circuit Court.
An Alford plea is a type of guilty plea in
which a defendant maintains their innocence but admits that the prosecution's
evidence would likely result in a guilty verdict if brought to trial.
According to police, 6-month-old Harper Colley
died on October 31, 2017 after sustaining the injuries that led to her death on
September 19.
The State argued that the court sentence
Colley to a term in the Division of Corrections within the sentencing
guidelines of eight to eighteen years based on the two counts, followed by five
years of supervised probation. The defense argued for a term of home detention.
Judge Julia A. Martz-Fisher sentenced Colley
to a combined fifty years suspending all but eight years to be served on
private home detention. The defendant was also ordered to serve five years of
supervised probation with additional terms that he not engage in physical
punishment of children.
The plea agreement comes following four days
of jury selection for what was slated to be a lengthy trial.
On September 19, 2017, Troopers with the
Maryland State Police responded to the 12000 block of Fingerboard Road in
Monrovia for the report of a sick or injured subject. The call came in as
6-month-old female infant that was having seizures and not breathing. The 911
caller was the defendant, Jason Colley. The infant was transported to Shady
Grove Hospital in Montgomery County. The infant was later flown to Children’s
Hospital in the District of Columbia where she later passed away. Over the
course of a lengthy investigation, detectives determined that the infant’s
traumatic brain injury could not have been caused by an accident or illness,
but by an intentional act.
“We're hemorrhaging.”
Listen, young people.
There’s a reason the Fairfax County Police are short by 160-200 “officers”
because no one with an IQ over 80 will work there.
Why not?
Because the Fairfax
County Police are corrupt (call and ask why the last chief “resigned” so
quickly)
Because their short
staffed, they’ve lowered their standards and the people joining the force are the
same people you and everyone else avoided in high school.
Because no one want to
work with them, if you work with them, you’ll be worked into the ground (15 to
16 hours a day) for less money than trash collectors make (its true, look it
up)
Think about it…..is
this what you want to do with the prime years of your life?
Fairfax County Police Association whines about laws that keep them in check.
Virginia’s attorney general met with members of a Fairfax County cops group night to listen to their claims that new laws and policies are making it tougher for them to do their job.
They claim they’re
having a tougher time bringing charges in some cases because magistrates are
interpreting cases more liberally. …..as is the right of the magistrate since
the arresting cop evidently interpreted the laws from a narrow, far right view.
They’ve also
expressed concerns about inexperience on the part of some assistant
commonwealth’s attorneys and say some cases are being dropped.
Well….no, their cases
aren’t being dropped because some assistant commonwealth’s attorneys are
inexperienced….the law doesn’t work that way. The law is or the isn’t.
Experience has nothing to do with it.