Crime down? -I dare refer people to the "Fra...

2012-10-09T05:15:06.576-05:00

Crime down? -I dare refer people to the "Frank Straub Method" of crime stats: http://schoolcraftjustice.com/SchoolcraftAmended.pdf

The "Zone Policing" is a step backward in time, back to the days where the County Sheriff was "The Law." He and his deputy stayed in the town of the county and would take a drive out to the other places after the crime occurred when a call had come in. Bottom line, it's been many years since the State of Indiana realized that urban areas need police and the "County Sheriff" or "Zone" system doesn't work in the urban areas. Urban areas need police who know the neighborhood and the dynamics of what goes on. A county sheriff simply cannot provide it...thus, cities were granted police forces. "Zone Policing" is a failure here and just does not work.

When a "police chief" writes a letter of recommendation for a habitual sex offender's probation violation, without any regard to the victims, there is a problem with that "police chief" vision and perspective so much so that continuation in the position of police chief is ineffective and demoralizing to the force and the community. -It's time to go. There is no rationalizing.

It may be the "Homeland Security" that monitors/maintains the cameras, but it was Frank Straub who didn't renew the maintenance contracts and left the budget in the red. Who allowed Frank Straub to do that, Mayor???

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Crime down? -I dare refer people to the "Fra...