The Fall of Civilization is spreading

In a follow-up to The fall of civilization spreads to Oakland, USA Today reports:

Budget cuts are forcing police around the country to stop responding to fraud, burglary and theft calls as officers focus limited resources on violent crime.

Cutbacks in such places as Oakland, Tulsa and Norton, Mass. have forced police to tell residents to file their own reports — online or in writing — for break-ins and other lesser crimes.

In Tulsa, which lost 110 officers to layoffs and retirements, the...