{"id":199734,"date":"2024-03-13T08:55:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T13:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=199734"},"modified":"2024-03-13T08:55:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T13:55:51","slug":"pittsburgh-police-force-goes-part-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/pittsburgh-police-force-goes-part-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Police Force Goes &#8216;Part-Time&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pittsburgh police chief announces major operational changes\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZnL8t3fmlxc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"yoast-reading-time__wrapper\"><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-icon=\"clock\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.1em\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 8v4l3 3m6-3a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__spacer\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em\"><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__descriptive-text\">Estimated reading time:  <\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__reading-time\">3<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting this month, the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police is changing the way they fight crime.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officers will no longer attend calls that aren&#8217;t classified as &#8220;in-progress emergencies&#8221; during certain hours. This policy shift means that incidents such as theft, harassment, criminal mischief, and burglary alarms will be addressed by a telephone reporting unit or online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Councilman Anthony Coghill expressed concern regarding these changes. He stressed the public&#8217;s expectation of having police officers respond to situations like harassment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;When it comes to harassment and things of this nature, you better have a police officer there. That&#8217;s what the public expects. That&#8217;s what I expect out of our city,&#8221; Coghill commented to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/big-changes-pittsburgh-bureau-police-staffing-are-effect\/ME4OY4CRSVG4HHDA53GFEYENSU\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"pittsburgh-police-force-goes-part-time\" title=\"Pittsburgh Police Force Goes 'Part-Time'\">Channel 11<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chief Larry Scirotto of the Pittsburgh Police outlined the new approach to handling non-emergency calls from 3 a.m. to 7 a.m. These calls will be rerouted to the telephone reporting unit, which will be operational from 7 a.m. to 3 a.m. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the early morning hours, calls will accumulate for processing at 7 a.m., with 25 to 63 officers covering the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-see-also-federal-court-rules-on-california-s-one-gun-a-month-law\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/federal-court-rules-on-californias-one-gun-a-month-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"pittsburgh-police-force-goes-part-time\" title=\"Pittsburgh Police Force Goes 'Part-Time'\">Federal Court Rules on California\u2019s One-Gun-A-Month Law<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, Chief Scirotto has introduced changes to officer work schedules. They will shift to ten-hour workdays, four days a week, with an hour dedicated to mental health. This adjustment aims to enhance officer &#8220;well-being&#8221; and &#8220;efficiency.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amid these staffing and operational changes, the department has launched a new Violent Crime Initiative with 17 officers. Despite being budgeted for 850 officers, the department currently functions with around 740.  Though, it plans on welcoming about 40 new officers to its ranks in the near future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This staffing strategy, however, has not been without criticism. District Attorney Steve Zappala expressed concerns over the perceived part-time nature of the police force, questioning the impact on public safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Residents react to changes coming to Pittsburgh Bureau of Police\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8dYOAfsgN4I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Is there any other large city in the country that&#8217;s a part-time police department? I mean, does that make any sense to any of you guys? It doesn&#8217;t to me,&#8221; Zappala told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/pittsburgh-police-staffing-da-zappala-mayor-gainey\/60118590#:~:text=public%20safety%20director.%22-,Pittsburgh%20police%20now%20have%20lower%20staffing%20between%203%20a.m.%20and,day%2C%20four%20days%20a%20week.\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"pittsburgh-police-force-goes-part-time\" title=\"Pittsburgh Police Force Goes 'Part-Time'\">WTAE<\/a><\/em> in an interview. &#8220;I don&#8217;t understand what he&#8217;s doing. I have to sit down with the chief about that, and just some of the things in the policing areas. I don&#8217;t get it.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WATCH: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/watch-jordan-peterson-warns-congress-of-tech-threats-to-freedom-skynet-is-here\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"pittsburgh-police-force-goes-part-time\" title=\"Pittsburgh Police Force Goes 'Part-Time'\">Jordan Peterson Warns Congress of Tech Threats to Freedom \u2014 Skynet is Here!<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;To tell people that you&#8217;re not going to be protected at certain hours of the day, that didn&#8217;t make any sense to me when I heard it,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know what the rationale for that was, and I think that&#8217;s something the chief has to explain.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mayor Ed Gainey, addressing these concerns, clarified that the city remains adequately protected. He suggested that Zappala and other critics should discuss such strategies directly with those implementing them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pittsburgh\u2019s &#8220;part-time&#8221; policing approach poses a fundamental question to its residents: How much do you trust the government and its &#8220;telephone reporting unit&#8221; to protect you and your family? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For some, confidence in government protection remains unchanged despite the new protocols. 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