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Sure. I can understand that. I don't disagree 100% either. While your education and training is something that you can take into your own hands though, police officers rely on the city to give it to them. That's why I say it's a budget issue and it lies in the hands of the city managers, not the guy that shows up at your house when your lawn mower is stolen. I too want to see whomever did this locked up (or whatever else is decided for them).
As far as what I say about the police and the city go;
1 - Poor past performance doesn't always mean that now it's the same.
2 - These are the men and women that when something bad happens I call them. They're there for me as much as they're there to arrest me if I do something. Why give them a reason to have a horrid attitude when they get there to help me?
3 - The fastest way to get anyone to work better is to be positive with them. It works with kids, teens (though harder with teens) and adults. Being negative and continually reinforcing mistakes only shows people that you have zero faith in them. Which by the very step of picking up the phone and dialing 911 shows you have at least some.
Ten years ago is not today. I wish there was more I could do or say to explain that the city and the police are not the same as they were. Sadly I cannot.
I have heard from people (and when I say that, I mean people that actually know what they're talking about) that when there is interdepartmental interactions it's not always smooth and sometimes it can be very slow. This may be a factor as well. Not to mention other things that were mentioned.
It isn't just Portsmouth that has funding/manpower issues, it's every city. It just so happens that right now, at this minute everyone is looking at Portsmouth. If you remember the story that was on Wavy not long ago about Chesapeake City Dispatchers being undermanned they said that city was something like 70 people short overall. It's a given that a robbery does not equate to a murder, but it does demonstrate that law enforcement (that's everyone, forensics, officers, dispatchers) is underfunded everywhere. Check the city that you live in, they're all registering deficits. This is the real problem, not the tired as can be officers, or the dispatchers that have worked 14 hours, or a bleary eyed forensic technician. They're the result of the problem. The cause is higher up the ladder. It's almost a sure thing that when we spot a problem what we actually see is the result. Training, manpower and things like that is all the result of funding and lies outside the hands of the officers.
I really do hope that no one takes anything that I say about this as a direct insult or anything else. I'm not out to offend at all. Actually the last thing on my mind is offending anyone or making anyone feel like I'm flaming anything that they post. It's a good debate, one that I don't ever expect will be solved but at least when it comes time to vote - there will be that one more thing to think about.
Besides, there's a part of me that simply can't resist a good dialogue about social issues and societal shortcomings.
As far as what I say about the police and the city go;
1 - Poor past performance doesn't always mean that now it's the same.
2 - These are the men and women that when something bad happens I call them. They're there for me as much as they're there to arrest me if I do something. Why give them a reason to have a horrid attitude when they get there to help me?
3 - The fastest way to get anyone to work better is to be positive with them. It works with kids, teens (though harder with teens) and adults. Being negative and continually reinforcing mistakes only shows people that you have zero faith in them. Which by the very step of picking up the phone and dialing 911 shows you have at least some.
Ten years ago is not today. I wish there was more I could do or say to explain that the city and the police are not the same as they were. Sadly I cannot.
I have heard from people (and when I say that, I mean people that actually know what they're talking about) that when there is interdepartmental interactions it's not always smooth and sometimes it can be very slow. This may be a factor as well. Not to mention other things that were mentioned.
It isn't just Portsmouth that has funding/manpower issues, it's every city. It just so happens that right now, at this minute everyone is looking at Portsmouth. If you remember the story that was on Wavy not long ago about Chesapeake City Dispatchers being undermanned they said that city was something like 70 people short overall. It's a given that a robbery does not equate to a murder, but it does demonstrate that law enforcement (that's everyone, forensics, officers, dispatchers) is underfunded everywhere. Check the city that you live in, they're all registering deficits. This is the real problem, not the tired as can be officers, or the dispatchers that have worked 14 hours, or a bleary eyed forensic technician. They're the result of the problem. The cause is higher up the ladder. It's almost a sure thing that when we spot a problem what we actually see is the result. Training, manpower and things like that is all the result of funding and lies outside the hands of the officers.
I really do hope that no one takes anything that I say about this as a direct insult or anything else. I'm not out to offend at all. Actually the last thing on my mind is offending anyone or making anyone feel like I'm flaming anything that they post. It's a good debate, one that I don't ever expect will be solved but at least when it comes time to vote - there will be that one more thing to think about.
Besides, there's a part of me that simply can't resist a good dialogue about social issues and societal shortcomings.
