September 29, evening
About the Baltimore Police and neighbors coming together to reduce crime...
I called my district commander because over the weekend a group of well-known hoodlums has burned down a set of houses. I asked what was being done to prosecute them.
He responded (paraphrase) "Very little. Maybe fourth degree burglary." I told him his officers needed to keep these people out of here, out of houses, off the sidewalk, the whole deal.
His answer: Keep up the civilian patrols, blockwatchers, etc and let him know when they're actually breaking into houses, so he can come, arrest them, charge them, and be done with it.
In other words, I do the leg work, you do the paperwork.
That's not coming together. That's I do your job, or 90% of it anyhow.
And I like the Commander, but he doesn't have the proper manpower because of the ineptitude of this City administration. The Mayor's gotta go, and Sheila Dixon won't do, either.
The City police function should be entirely taken over, not assisted, by the State of Maryland.
I called my district commander because over the weekend a group of well-known hoodlums has burned down a set of houses. I asked what was being done to prosecute them.
He responded (paraphrase) "Very little. Maybe fourth degree burglary." I told him his officers needed to keep these people out of here, out of houses, off the sidewalk, the whole deal.
His answer: Keep up the civilian patrols, blockwatchers, etc and let him know when they're actually breaking into houses, so he can come, arrest them, charge them, and be done with it.
In other words, I do the leg work, you do the paperwork.
That's not coming together. That's I do your job, or 90% of it anyhow.
And I like the Commander, but he doesn't have the proper manpower because of the ineptitude of this City administration. The Mayor's gotta go, and Sheila Dixon won't do, either.
The City police function should be entirely taken over, not assisted, by the State of Maryland.
posted by John Galt at 4:48 PM
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The Guard is substantially depleted by the war call-up.
Short-term I'd like to see an emergency declaration and state troops. There should be a broad curfew for a while.
In the intermediate term, Baltimore needs to recognize just how large a percentage of its citizens are hoodlums (no offense) and deploy proportionate policing, which we don't at this time.
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