tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post4935356630036812559..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-27962449760385285362012-07-22T07:59:32.205-05:002012-07-22T07:59:32.205-05:00The simple item lost in all of this is &quot;TRUST&quot;.<br /><br />The audit will uncover the past poor management and too much time will be spent on excuses, finger pointing and accusations.<br /><br />Some people need to get a set of big boy or big girl panties and become leaders.<br /><br />The public safety profession in Indiana and I mean &quot;in&quot; Indiana are hard working people who put their lives on the line everyday.<br /><br />The taxpayer wants to see them everyday.<br /><br />What is the problem here? Get some guts, stand up and lead, tell the politicians to get out of the way and get policeman out of the cars and back on the beat.<br /><br />Only when a huge events occurs or a civil disruption happens do the leaders put public safety people out on the street. They prevent problems or quell some and then pat each other on the back!<br /><br />The next day the same ole thing. We have no money!<br /><br />The USA and Indiana are sorry sites when it comes to Europe and public safety. You see public safety out in the public and on foot in every country.<br /><br />Someone challenge the leadership in Indiana to quit blowing out both sides of their mouth and some people step up and lead! <br /><br />Trust starts with one on one and grows from there.I knowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14837535454387104930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-68516769661513571952012-07-22T05:07:29.925-05:002012-07-22T05:07:29.925-05:00The Consolidation ordinance required an audit...bring it on!<br /><br />We need to know where the money went! Fewer police, yet no basic supplies like bullets, taser batteries, toilet paper, electric almost shut off at a police station for non-payment. We see Straub built a palace for himself at a cost more than most homes in our city...with a personal shower! (Why?)<br /><br />We see Straub hired East Coast cronies on his personal staff and paid more East Coast cronies for &quot;consulting.&quot; Lets have an accounting of their salaries along with an explaination why they were never previously needed! Was this a fiefdom?<br /><br />As a taxpayer, I want an audit. I want accountability from the Mayor!<br /><br />Furthermore, I want police in my neighborhood. Here&#39;s what Straub did: He made beats (area for our policeman to patrol) into zones (too big for a policeman to patrol). Now some zones get 2 or 3 policemen to cover what 4 used to cover!!!! Response time is longer and I never see my neighborhood policeman anymore. I was told they are now ping-pong balls, going from one place to another far away. There is no longer quick emergency response to life-and-death situations like there used to be. <br /><br />Please account to us why there was no planning for attrition in police? That job takes a long time to screen properly and train properly. There should always be trainees in the academy just to account for attrition. Why haven&#39;t they been hiring in proper numbers?CircleCityScribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12691157547732269477noreply@blogger.com