Why?

Why is it that members of city council are suddenly the experts in who needs to respond to an incident when they are involved? And yet they can't seem to see clear to give us the funds needed to be properly staffed so they could get those response times they demand. Nothing is more annoying than to have a total lay person, who just happens to be on city council tell me who to send to an accident or how I need to dispatch it. We recently had a councilmen home broken into. The absolute nerve of that suspect! Didn't he know who that house belonged to!#$! So, not only did the assigned officer respond to the scene, but so did the chief of police and a lieutenant, who then the sergeant and several officers to 'help'. The victim even called other councilmembers to come over as well. This was seen as such an egregious violation of our fair city, that the chief insisted that from now on certain patrol officers are to be used enforcement only, and will patrol problem areas looking for bad guys. As if we weren't short on officers already! Do the math! Those calls that have to hold 4 hours for an available unit will now hold 7 or 8. And we are the ones that get to field all the phonecalls from irate victims who have been waiting forever. As frustrating as it is.. I don't see a solution on the horizon.. it's probably the same everywhere right? ~whew. the vent is over. thanks.