Tijuana Police

Life could not be more peaceful since the in Tijuana since the city police walked off the job last Thursday. In a surprise move by new Mexican President Felipe Calderon, the Mexican government has dispatched 3300 Mexican Army troops to the border city to fight the war drugs and clear up the corruption in the Tijuana Police Department. The troops have set up road checkpoints in various points of the city. They are asking to see license and registrations. And randomly cars are searched. Although this has caused some major traffic jams, citizens of Tijuana do not seem to mind because the army officers are honest and are not stealing from them. The Tijuana police however did seem to mind when the troops invaded the police stations and ask the officers to show their registration card for their weapons. Mexican Police officers are allowed to carry firearms as long as the firearm is registered to them. When most of the officers could not produce prove the weapons they carried legally belonged to them the weapons were confiscated. In a country where the average citizen has a 7 grade education the Tijuana Police made an adult decision and simply walked off the job. The police are on strike, but no one seems to care and things have been peaceful.