Comments on Advance Indiana™: Ballard: Hiring More Police Officer Won't Solve Crime Problem, But He''ll Use That Excuse To Raise Your Taxes Anyway

Anon 8:48 Ballard is wrong. Hiring more cops wil...

2014-07-15T21:24:05.201-05:00

Anon 8:48 Ballard is wrong. Hiring more cops will replace those lost to attrition and ensure that there is proper response in The City.

Right now, violent crime is scaring us and there aren't police to respond to your call for help under Ballard's "ZONE" plan.

Ballard is right. It's a knee-jerk, thoughtles...

2014-07-15T08:48:47.159-05:00

Ballard is right. It's a knee-jerk, thoughtless response to think hiring more cops will reduce crime.

What a joke. Ballard spending money on bike lanes...

2014-07-15T01:09:43.503-05:00

What a joke. Ballard spending money on bike lanes, Cricket field, pro sports teams, and real estate deals like the Regional Operations Center corruption...

Now we are entering the weekend when NOBODY with common sense goes downtown, Black Expo.

Broad Ripple isn't safe, either.
Now, some of the Broad Ripple merchants cater to the clientele that causes this (in the interest of $$$ most likely.)

Let's see what happens this weekend in what In...

2014-07-15T00:59:12.427-05:00

Let's see what happens this weekend in what Indianapolis calls Riot Weekend!

Anyone want to take a date downtown for dinner and a shooting? Oh, there is justice, the shooters during riot weekend when multiple people are shot only get a courtesy 2 years in prison and then come back to commit further crimes against us...as we have seen recently.

Ballard has failed to maintain staffing at the pol...

2014-07-14T22:20:32.400-05:00

Ballard has failed to maintain staffing at the police department, resulting in attrition. It's now at the lowest staffing in history.

Ballard appears to have given the lowest priority to police.

It's not hiring "more" police, any hiring now goes into replacing those who have left through attrition.