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Vote "YES" - Prop. 1 - Orting PD

By: Officer Jeff Martineau
October 28, 2015
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The necessity for voters to approve this measure is for the increased safety of the Orting Citizens and their police officers.

Under current funding, OPD does not have the resources to have two officers on-duty 24/7. If needed, back-up from outside agencies can take several minutes or more to arrive, delaying response times to emergencies.

Orting citizens have not only expressed concern for the low staffing causing safety issues, but for staffing levels hindering OPD’s ability to provide desired community policing programs and increased investigations.

A “YES” vote will authorize a 3.4% B&O tax increase, which will provide a sustainable funding source to provide at least two officers on-duty 24/7 while assisting OPD to further meet demands and needs of the community as outlined above.

Further info: Facebook – Orting Police Guild

Thank you,

Orting Police Guild

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papared wrote...
After interviewing the right people I found out you have enough money to fund two officers per shift, if the people figuring out the budget knew what they were doing. We, the property owners of Orting, don't need to pay more taxes to fund the Police Dept, you already consume around 70% of the towns budget money. Give back some of your unnecessary perks and you will have lots of money to pay for more officers. Quit using the public saftey arguement it doesn't hold water anymore and I can prove it
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papared wrote...
I personally will not vote for any proposal to raise taxes for the Police dept until they give back some of the unnessary perks that the city pays for, like taking the patrol cars home, even if they live in FederalWay. The city paying for their laundry bill and paying for some of their equipment and who knows what else. I wish I had a company car to drive back and forth to work, or had my work cloths laundered at the company's expense. You piss away enough money to help pay for a new officer.
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