No power. Hospital shortages. Roads clogged or damaged. And now this - no cops. What's going on with this Leftist paradise?:
SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico saw a spike in crime over the holidays, as thousands of police officers called out sick in protest of not being paid for countless hours of overtime worked in the aftermath of hurricanes Irma and Maria and in frustration over the island's lingering economic crisis.
Police stations in over half of Puerto Rico's 78 municipalities were forced to close in recent days as the increase in absences reached alarming levels.
The situation has grown so dire that Gustavo Gelpí Jr., the federal judge who oversees a reform agreement for the Puerto Rico Police Department, on Saturday ordered the department's high command and the island's Department of Public Security to meet with the U.S. Justice Department to come up with ways to end the "unprecedented massive absenteeism."
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SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico saw a spike in crime over the holidays, as thousands of police officers called out sick in protest of not being paid for countless hours of overtime worked in the aftermath of hurricanes Irma and Maria and in frustration over the island's lingering economic crisis.
Police stations in over half of Puerto Rico's 78 municipalities were forced to close in recent days as the increase in absences reached alarming levels.
The situation has grown so dire that Gustavo Gelpí Jr., the federal judge who oversees a reform agreement for the Puerto Rico Police Department, on Saturday ordered the department's high command and the island's Department of Public Security to meet with the U.S. Justice Department to come up with ways to end the "unprecedented massive absenteeism."
Story @ Puerto Rico's police stage sickout over unpaid OT
