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Old 12-21-2024, 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Bill14564 View Post
Instead of simply repeating old criticisms, you might want to take a look at that online rag every once in a while. Their reporting is based on police reports which largely involve non-Villagers, comments and actions from the various CDD meetings (both positive and negative), and POA information (rarely positive). The only anti-Villager slant I see comes from the POA contributions and the letters to the editor which are also largely Villagers.

If we Villagers didn’t complain so much the all that online rag would have to report is the police activity.

If the police activity being reported is dealing with the worst of society, are those the same officers you would like to refocus on more important matters such as those traveling 60mph in a 25mph zone? (BTW: where is this 25mph zone? I can’t think of any but I would like to see the 60mph traffic there).

I’ll repeat that I’m okay with the police focusing on what they currently are.
Other than the 15mph signs between the softball field and Wales Place, the Historic Section's posted speed limit is 25mph.

If there are 25 police officers on duty within the three-county area between 8am and 4pm on a random Tuesday, and only 4 "really bad crimes" being committed on that day in that 3-county area, then it's safe to assume that at least 5 of those police officers could be spending their time pulling people over for speeding and other traffic violations. The other 20 can handle those 4 "really bad crimes" just fine.