Weary cops tell crime-weary residents to move out, and more

Police in Columbus, Ohio, have started telling crime-weary residents to move somewhere else.

Weary cops tell crime-weary residents to move out

Police in Columbus, Ohio, have started telling crime-weary residents to move somewhere else. At least 20 city residents told the City Council that when they called police about drug dealing and other crimes, the cops responded, “Why don’t you move out if you don’t like it?’’ A spokesman for the Fraternal Order of Police said cops are overworked and frustrated. “It’s like the O.K. Corral out there,” he said.

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