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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How about actionable recommendations to call council and the mayor with - not just complaints?

Start with looking at the entire chain and points of failure, like

Lack of parenting, supervision, proper upbringing, this city is full of nihilistic teens who don't understand that "free car" mentality isn't going to get them far in life

Community attitudes, like "why call it in, they won't do anything anyhow"

911 - they are short on dispatchers, that needs to be fixed (they are at least trying to give incentives to staff up)

When a crime is reported, how is it handled - how long til police show, do they actually do anything?  As for the "no pursuit" policy shouldn't the city at least consider using GPS darts or similar technology rather than just shrugging their shoulders and saying "oh well?"  And cars with fake tags - NEED to be towed on the spot.  Pointless to put yet another ticket on the windshield when there is no name or address to go with it.

Prosecution - how can we put pressure on prosecutors to do their job?  Can we hold them accountable?  If prosecutors aren't prosecuting a huge number of cases or are letting violent criminals go only to commit crime again, shouldn't we have some recourse to sue the prosecutors for liability and not doing their job?  And shouldn't we stop letting kids off easy when they are committing violent crimes and using guns to do them?

Evidence - can we get the damn forensic lab situation fixed already, and how is it excusable that it's dragged on as long as it has?

Courts - are juries letting violent repeat offenders off?  Are they being appropriately sentenced?[/quote]

This is helpful! Talking points[/quote]

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