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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]I hate to bother you, but I'd love to know.[/quote]

I'm sure that bothering me is the least of your concerns. But, here are two posts from this thread:

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/240/379308.page#5054348
http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/240/379308.page#5054701
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Thank you, as I am interested in your solutions to the problem. I'll read the links as soon as I'm able. Thanks again.[/quote]
PP here. I read them and I do recall these posts. I was, however, hoping for something a bit more concrete, beyond let's monitor social sites and make a list of lessons learned.

If you were chief, what measures would you implement for next year's event?
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You must not have read very carefully. The event is not for another year. There is no reason to act now while information about the event is still being gathered. A youth was arrested for the shooting. A full report on what the police learned from him has not been made public. I also do not have access to police internal accounts which would reveal which of their procedures failed and which were successful. If I were chief, I would wait until I have that information as well as advise from other stakeholders. Then, I would implement appropriate procedures. I know that many posters such as yourself want an immediate answer. It would be foolish to make decisions now that do not have to be made now.

A somewhat unrelated, but still somewhat related matter involves the groups of kids who were involved. The original media reports focused on two groups from SE. The Post called them "gangs", but I am not sure that it the proper term. DC tends to have "crews" rather than "gangs". So, I'm just going to use the neutral term "groups". Anyway, the Post described how Good Hope Road was the divider between these two groups' territories. The guy who was arrested for doing the shooting is from SW. So, it could be that the April 14 and April 21 incidents were not related.

At any rate, more knowledge is almost always better then less knowledge. There is no imperative to make decisions this week. Why would you want to?
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