By Fredrick Kunkle, Published: May 21, The Washington Post
Some of Fairfax County’s most vulnerable people, and the nonprofit organizations and charities that serve them, fear that a key social services agency’s $8 million budget deficit could jeopardize programs for at-risk children and people with mental illness, intellectual disabilities and substance abuse problems.
….but what really matters is the almost
$400,000,000
the police get to underwrite a navy and air force.
Do something.
In the past 12 months…………………
October 24, 2011 Fairfax Cop arrested for drunk driving
November 14, 2011, two Fairfax cops accused of beating an unarmed man walking home from work. The man has entered suit against the county, so we'll pay for what the cops do wrong. The cops? Doesn't cost them a dime.
September 2011, Fairfax cop charged with domestic assault
Feb 2012, several Fairfax County cops accused of beating up teenager in a McDonalds.
March 2012 Police Captain gets a five figure pay out due to interoffice pissing match
March 2012, a cop who “Resigned from the force for reasons that can not be released” two years ago, killed himself and teenage daughter with a pistol.
May 2012: Fairfax cop arrested for sexual assault.
And those only the incidents the cops HAD to explain to the public…