This story would have you believe that an increased police presence, with the police reaching out to the community had something to do with a 30% decrease in crime
ST. PETERSBURG - A special police initiative slashed violent crime in three troubled neighborhoods by nearly 30 percent, officials announced today. And it all started with officers going door to door. St. Petersburg Police Chief Chuck Harmon implemented Community and Police Engagement on May 26, and it wrapped up today. Groups of four officers were assigned to each of the three neighborhoods, and their first job was to knock on each and every door. Not everyone was home. The officers went to 3,600 homes and businesses and talked to about 1,200 people, Harmon said at a news conference today. Where no one was home, the officers left door hangers with a range of city telephone numbers – not just confidential texting or phone lines to leave crime tips, but also those for city sanitation and code enforcement departments.
ST. PETERSBURG - A special police initiative slashed violent crime in three troubled neighborhoods by nearly 30 percent, officials announced today.
And it all started with officers going door to door.
St. Petersburg Police Chief Chuck Harmon implemented Community and Police Engagement on May 26, and it wrapped up today. Groups of four officers were assigned to each of the three neighborhoods, and their first job was to knock on each and every door.
Not everyone was home. The officers went to 3,600 homes and businesses and talked to about 1,200 people, Harmon said at a news conference today.
Where no one was home, the officers left door hangers with a range of city telephone numbers – not just confidential texting or phone lines to leave crime tips, but also those for city sanitation and code enforcement departments.
Wait a minute? Cops actually doing patrols? Engaging in police work where they met with people and tried to find out who was perpetrating the real crimes? And you expect me to believe that criminals won't simply ignore that?
Sorry, but I call B.S.
Everyone knows that in order to lower crime, you must blame guns and make it harder for the law abiding to purchase, own, and use them.