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Originally Posted by PennBF
Being charged and being convicted are seriously different. Thus, I tried to speak to conviction in most of my references. Of course it does not make sense to continue to feed this thread as it has reached the point of less than thoughtful inputs. There was a point where it was mentioned they did not see large numbers in the paper. Of course they would not see a large number in any single edition. It is the accumulative numbers that count. Either this was to intentionally mislead the reader and distort the point or just not seeing the larger picture? As they say, "you make the call"???  |
Penn, I want to apologize if during the course of our banter I came across as bullying, that was not my intention. you have probably been living in TV longer than I and perhaps you are privileged with more "inside" information than I. I have only been reading the Sun and the police blotter for the past six months and while I have not been tallying the arrests each week and how many of those arrested were TV residents, I do have a general impression that the large majority of those reportedly arrested live outside TV, but it is only my impression. Perhaps I am wrong.
Just for fun, we should take a look at the next several police blotters just to get a feel for how many TV residents are actually being arrested and for what they are being charged with. As pointed out by a previous poster, these are only arrests and not convictions. It's only logical to assume that without arrests there can't be convictions, but at least this can give us a rough idea.
I will say that I don't think I am in denial--I feel safe here but I also know that no place is perfect and that we should all be on guard no matter where we live.
I also think you should be applauded for thinking outside the box as far as coming up with consequences for bad behavior (illegal behavior) by TV residents. You should not feel like you are being attacked for coming up with possible solutions. It certainly beats the heck out of simply complaining about a problem. That being said, I have serious reservations about the legal and logistical requirements of implementing such a proposal. As far as I know, the government is primarily responsible for punishing criminals. Once you have communities or individuals doling out punishments you run the risk of unchecked abuse and it becomes a slippery slope. Logistically I envision a bureaucratic nightmare with background checks for all residents, a central committee for compiling all the records, administering punishments, determining the length of time residents should be denied amenity privileges, responding to resident appeals, etc. To be honest, I would prefer that my amenity fees be used to maintain and improve my amenities, not for administering a quasi-legal program to to dole out punishments to tV residents.
Just my $.02