When times are good some folks on the city council don't want to cut Public Safety, the city might lose officers to other cities. When times are bad, some folks on the city council don't want to cut Public safety because of fears that the crime rate goes up.
Damned if you and damned if you don't. Either way your damned.
What baffles me is why we aren't using a comprehenisve approach to Public Saftey. Gathering Churches, Non-Profits, Local Businesses, and the City Government staff to canvass the afflicted neighborhoods trying to figure out the symptoms of the chronic crime seems like the most logical thing we can do to reduce crime.
Supposedly, Operation Pheonix was a good program, but once the funding ran dry it was dead. We need something that is inexpensive, but lasting.
I think actually canvassing these neighborhoods and surveying the needs would be step in the right direction.
Damned if you and damned if you don't. Either way your damned.
What baffles me is why we aren't using a comprehenisve approach to Public Saftey. Gathering Churches, Non-Profits, Local Businesses, and the City Government staff to canvass the afflicted neighborhoods trying to figure out the symptoms of the chronic crime seems like the most logical thing we can do to reduce crime.
Supposedly, Operation Pheonix was a good program, but once the funding ran dry it was dead. We need something that is inexpensive, but lasting.
I think actually canvassing these neighborhoods and surveying the needs would be step in the right direction.
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