In one of the mailers being sent out by the Anti-Recall group in Akron, it says, “The Mayor has helped revitalize our city…and generated enough revenue to provide for 100 additional police officers in our neighborhoods.”

Huh?  Where are they Mayor Don Plusquellic?  Numbers don’t lie, but you do!  In order to decipher the truth and the lies about just how many Akron police officers we have here in Akron and to see just how many have or have not been added, we complied a chart of the number of sworn officers going back to 1986, where his reign began.  These statistics are from the Akron Police Departments Annual Reports.

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In recent news, a wave of crime is taking place in our “All America City” which Mayor Don was so proud to name it. Over the course of one weekend, Akron had five reported shootings with one being fatal.  One near riot in Goodyear Heights with an Akron police officer who was assaulted in BROAD DAYLIGHT on a high traffic street!   But wait, the war zone gets bloodcurdling when you hear that – one of the five shootings took place in BROAD DAYLIGHT, ONLY one day after the near riot and only ONE street over!

You are wondering what the mayor’s response to this recent spike in violent crimes is?  Well here it is:

Yes, that is correct, the mayor is SILENT three days and counting after the incidents. The city’s official website has no mayoral response nor does the Akron Beacon Journal have a response from the mayor.

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