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Originally Posted by margaretmattson
Like your sense of humor but not what I meant. For instance, Lady Lake Police requested shutting down alcohol sales at midnight.This was to curtail crime. Is most crime after midnight? is it just Lady Lake? Would be good to know these things. Some of the crime mentioned was theft of items in cars/carts. Is your neighborhood safe? Again, would be good information to have. If city police have a concern, mine isn't that silly.
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Our local weekly papers (we had two in our community) had a Police Blotter page, that gave just a basic summary of arrests and tickets issued the week before. One was something like:
Parking violations: 23
Moving vehicle violations: 9
Domestic Dispute charges: 2
Burglary arrests: 1
Non-Domestic Assault: 1
Shoplifting: 2
The other looked more like:
Week of June 27:
James Doe, Sam Doe, Johnny Fugese, Mark Centrino, all of Clintonville Avenue, were arrested on charges of breach of peace and disorderly conduct. Mr. Doe received an additional charge of harassment.
Cindy and Joe Smith, of Arlene Court, were charged with one count each of disorderly conduct and misdemeanor assault in a domestic dispute.
Two minor children were each charged with shoplifting at Stop & Shop.
Sally Jones, of Newport Rhode Island, was charged with evading and travelling in the wrong lane.
A general count and general categorization of arrests and tickets issued would be pretty useful, I think. It would either a) remind people that this really is a pretty safe community, comparatively or b) warn people who insist that crime never happens here, that yes - it does, and while you can trust in the Lord you should still tie up your camel.