The Mendoza Line* & Vallejo's failed state.

"As the Vallejo Police Department force shrinks -- attrition and layoffs will bring the number of sworn officers to 104 by mid-January -- so has its ability to solve the city's homicides. Of the 10 homicides in Vallejo police jurisdiction, only two, or 20 percent, have netted arrests. This compares to a 30 percent solve rate last year and a 68 percent rate in 2007." --from the Vallejo Times-Herald 12/30/09

20% closure rates for murder?

20%?

Really?

That is a failed state.

They close more murders in Wash. D.C., Detroit, or Oakland.

The Vallejo Police Department...The Mario Mendoza* of Law Enforcement.

*The Mendoza Line is an informal term used in baseball for the threshold of incompetent hitting. Even though Mario Mendoza's lifetime batting average is .215, the Mendoza Line is said to occur at .200, and when a position player's batting average falls below that level, the player is said to be below the Mendoza Line. It is often thought of as the offensive threshold below which a player's presence in Major League Baseball cannot be justified despite his defensive abilities. National League pitchers are not held to the Mendoza Line standard, since their specialized work and infrequent batting excuses less competence in hitting.^[1]