https://archive.is/2023.04.17-155007/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-04-17/mayor-karen-bass-calls-for-9500-lapd-officers

In an interview, Bass said she fears the accidental release of photographs of LAPD officers, recently provided by the department in response to a public records request, could accelerate the outflow. If the city fails to fix its recruitment and retention problems, the LAPD could easily fall below 9,000 officers in the coming months, Bass said.

Lol.

  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    Emphasis mine. I wonder what's on her Wikipedia page.

    Karen Bass

    Criminal justice

    Bass believes that the criminal justice system is broken in part due to the disproportionate incarceration rates of poor people of color. Bass has long called for criminal justice reform and to pay special attention to the way women are treated by the criminal justice system: how they originally entered the system, how they are treated in prison, and what happens to them after they are released. Bass previously served as Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

    In 2018, she voted in favor of the First Step Act, which focused on rehabilitating people in prison by incentivizing them with the possibility of an earlier release. Her contribution to the bill was a section addressing what she considers the inhumane practice of shackling women during pregnancy, labor and delivery.

    [...]

    September 2022 burglary

    On September 9, 2022, Bass's Los Angeles home was burglarized and two firearms were stolen. In a public statement, Bass called the incident "unnerving" and "something that far too many Angelenos have faced." According to Bass, the firearms had been securely stored, and no other valuables were taken from her home. As of September 14, two suspects in the criminal investigation were detained at the LAPD Valley Jail awaiting trial on residential burglary charges.

    In an interview, Bass said the incident "shattered" her sense of safety within Los Angeles.

    It can't be my imagination that when it comes to the pages of politicos, judges, etc - Wikipedia has gotten better.

    • TreadOnMe [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      I highly doubt that those guns were "securely stored" if they were taken that easily.

      • Pog_De_Maistre [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        Yeah I could be talking out of my ass here but aren't there alot of set ups where you can easily lock away your guns in for all intents and purposes un-openable cases?

        • TreadOnMe [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          I would bet that if they were 'secured' and stolen, that is the set up. Otherwise, even light gun safes normally need like three or four guys or a dolly to carry. Not exactly inconspicuous.

        • berrytopylus [she/her,they/them]
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          2 years ago

          everything can be opened. Whether you be a Lockpicking Lawyer or a dude with power tools.

          That being said, still most likely they weren't secured properly at all to begin with.

      • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        I wonder how often the guns were simply unsecured in a drawer or something. She has 5 kids and she's now 69. I wonder how often she had (and has) kids and teenagers at her house. I can't believe how cavalier many people are with their guns.

        • berrytopylus [she/her,they/them]
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          2 years ago

          The largest source of stolen guns is from parked cars. Make gun buyers take responsibility when their weapons are used in violent crime and access to illegal guns would go down significantly.

          • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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            2 years ago

            The largest source of stolen guns is from parked cars.

            That would fact would have never occurred to me - even though for me it's sort of obvious in retrospect.

            • berrytopylus [she/her,they/them]
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              2 years ago

              Yeah it's a common argument of "most guns in crimes are obtained illegally!" but people never stop to think how those guns are obtained illegally. Straw purchasing and gun thefts (mostly from unattended plain sight guns in cars) are some of the biggest issues there.

              It's part of why gun control policies are so stupid, they address what the legal buyer can get but rarely ever penalize the legal buyer for being irresponsible and allowing it to fall into someone else's hands. Straw purchasing laws at least try to address that, although they're pretty weak. Studies tend to suggest that gun dealers are pretty damn willing to engage in straw purchasing.

          • tagen
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            1 year ago

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            • berrytopylus [she/her,they/them]
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              2 years ago

              Yeah, so that way they'd be incentived to stop leaving it in their cars in plain sight. "Hey Joe, how did that gun hand up in the hands of a convicted abuser who just killed his wife?"

              Failure to secure a weapon you chose to own should be criminal negligence and taken seriously.