Comments on Advance Indiana™: Ballard Budget Includes No Money For New Police & Fire Recruits

The mayor cannot recognize this as an issue. After...

2012-08-14T03:11:33.405-05:00

The mayor cannot recognize this as an issue. After all, he has all the police resources HE needs.

P. S. Where is the AUDIT of the Frank Straub Depa...

2012-08-13T20:22:37.134-05:00

P. S. Where is the AUDIT of the Frank Straub Department of Public Safety????

-Wasn't it required by the Consolidation ordinance and currently ignored by The Mayor?

One thing to remember from the book, "The Cri...

2012-08-13T18:23:11.929-05:00

One thing to remember from the book, "The Crime Numbers Game, Management by Manipulation": Straub said crime was down. We should not believe him! His crime numbers person quit, why? Was it because he refused to provide false numbers to the FBI? The book tells how some dirty officials like to manipulate crime stats, and should be required reading for anyone to understand the numbers!

Broad Ripple has gunfire on The Strip, the north side is terrorized by home invasions, and Ballard-Straub let police resources dwindle away to dangerous levels so nobody is there to protect us! Did you know that they made the area of policing bigger to account for less police officers and as one example, the same policeman who patrols Ravenswood, also patrols Geist???? Guess what the response time is to your emergency!

Thank you Ballard-Straub for making our city more dangerous!

One thing you never see mentioned by the press is ...

2012-08-13T10:42:09.031-05:00

One thing you never see mentioned by the press is the huge amount of money for overtime for IFD every year.
Since they are short-handed, they pay overtime on a regular basis.