Posted September 16, 200915 yr http://www.ohio.com/news/top_stories/59410842.html Akron has issued layoff notices to 201 employees — and more than half are police officers or firefighters. The 14-day notices went to 96 police officers, though this includes 21 high-ranking employees who are eligible to bump down into lower positions. See link for more details.
September 17, 200915 yr It won't happen like that. There's still a whole lot of wheeling and dealing going on. The Police and Fire unions didn't come to the table to negotiate any unpaid leave with the city or really any options for that matter. Now that they have the list of officers they're thinking about talking. But also there's companies throwing money in to keep them on the job and there's unfilled positions that they can jump into with a bit of a salary decrease if they don't want to be laid off. There's still 300+ cops in Akron. And there likely will still be 350 once this all gets settled. It probably wouldn't be pretty going into summer down to close to 300 but I don't see this being a big deal for the next 6-9 months. Other options would be to cut more of other city services. I heard 65% of budget is safety forces. Not like there would be a whole lot to cut from in the 35% of the budget. Therefore a signifcant portion has to come from safety forces. It seems like the UofA campus police has gotten bigger over the years. They are certainly patrolling a significant section of the downtown area. I just don't see society unraveling in Akron because they might lay off 10-20% of cops.
September 17, 200915 yr You may want to edit your post to conform with the article posting policy. I know it isn't technically from a newspaper but I'd rather be safe than sorry. You have to post the link. You "may" post other stuff, according to the big red box. You can't post the whole article. I think just posting a link and maybe a one or two sentence summary is acceptable.
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