Can you explain that last sentence a little more?

I live around the corner. What's good there?

The middle of the road? A double yellow line?

6:30 on the south side. Free at night on the north side.

That's not really a thing here, honestly. Closer to Fells, maybe.

They're required to have both lights and siren activated.

7:30 PM? It will be tight, but you'll find something if you keep circling. Weeknights are much better than Fridays and Saturdays. Also Boston St should have spots after rush hour.

So why are you here?

I mean they're clearly involved here because they shared it. Also I don't think you'll find any cops who pretend that mental health is what they're trained for.

Huh?

You could always become a reserve if you wanted to look before jumping. But you can do a lot worse than MPD. The only real issue is that there's a bunch of mandatory overtime for protests or events.

It's true. With the loss of Pandora, there is no hope for this hellhole.

Raising Cane's opens this week in Towson.

Oh, retired guys are the worst. They are all bluster and bumper stickers. They're not still in the mix and they don't have to deal with any of the actual work anymore. They just have the bravado.

Those are wings. I'm guessing the sticker is something to do with Foxtrot.

Peter's Inn is casual but the food and drinks are terrific. Marta is new and great. Little Donna's is also good but might be too casual. Cindy Lou's?

Just wait until you get a pickup truck. Cousins you have never met will be like "So I bought a couch."

So the cops in cars are answering the radio, which is 911 calls, and so they can get sent all over a district to chase calls. If you move them to foot, then you decrease the area they can cover. So you would normally give them a foot post of maybe 4-6 blocks. You can't replace the cops in cars with cops on foot because of the nature of the calls.

Also, while its possible to walk from Hampden to Fells, that's me walking on a block twice a day, if I'm walking back and forth. Also, if there's a call for a man with a gun or an armed robbery and I'm 4 blocks away on foot, then I'm gassed when I get there and I'm way late.

You need both is all I'm saying.

Define cleared up. Also how big is the foot post you're imagining?

They serve different purposes. Ideally you have both. But there's not enough officers for both. Cops in cars cover posts or certain geographies. It's harder to cover those on foot

I mean it takes years because of labor contracts.

They have the money to hire them and the highest pay in the state. Incentives for residency and college.

No one wants this job anymore. It's an issue everywhere, not just here.

It's a matter of staffing. So this is overtime, and finding officers who want to work overtime isn't easy, so they end up drafting people. And the issue is that as the number of cops has dropped, it's not like the number of posts needed has changed. There needs to be a bigger discussion around BPD not being available to staff all of the traffic posts.

I figured. It seems like for those with current curb cuts, they'd actually reach out.

Seems weird to cut off the loading dock. I'm assuming that it wasn't permitted and so they didn't have to include it.