New Haven Independent

Posted by: Cedar Hill Resident | January 10, 2007 9:11 AM

OK..... lets see how much money have we saved this year in heating schools and not having to plow and sand??? Just a question hey, we may not even have that in the budget for this year for all I know but that can be some of the money. Second we would not need to do this if the police were managed properly in the first place. All the over time pay can go to new cops straight time pay. Second get trackers on the cop cars to see were they are spending there time! See if they are being grouped in maybe just one area (downtown) and can be spread out into other areas. These are just a few thoughts I am sure the city knows what needs to be done it is just who has the gahonas to do it. Officers in new haven should not have idol time with the crime the way it is. There is always a street that needs help so instead of sitting in a parking lot go to that spot that needs it. Start listening to the communities!! The block watches are telling you! Remember you say calls are down and you now why they are down it is because there is NO USE IN CALLING. But the crime is still there. At least mine is. More second shift officers are needed 4 to 12pm so do a little shift changing. Remember when you become an officer it is to serve and protect!

Posted by: Cedar Hill Resident | January 12, 2007 8:59 AM

OK I went to this; real snoozer no wonder no one goes to these , including some alderman. But the ones that were there were asking the right questions. The main one I heard was concern about the guarantees!! If we pay all this money what are the guarantees that in a year we are not back to were we started is this going to help with crime. Some one brought up the fact that they paid for all these other program the gun hotline ID Net and none of this worked.
One thing I did learn is our police has a large number of cops that should be retired. (My thought was how much work can you get from a cop that does not care anymore)

The chief made a lot of good points, about morale of his officers and needing for civilian staff to get officers that are in the office out on the street.
( Hmm just my thought but we were paying officer salaries to cops that were admin asst.)

One that caught my attention was the fact that he was excited to about getting a younger force one that would be, well for lack better words, wanting to stop crime. It was brought up that right now there is funding for 20 vacant spots for officers that are not even filled. So they are not asking for money for those spots because they already have it. One alderman brought up, did they figure in the cost of guns, uniforms, cars ect for all these new officers. They (the police provide a sheet trying to explain how many officers are on the street ( in my uneducated mind it was baloney ) Everyone was looking at it wondering why could they have not brought something that was easyer to read all they wanted to no is how many cops are on the street in general!! Simple by the time I left I felt that that question was not answered . But I looked at the chart in my area there should be 12 officer out on the street in the 3 to 11 - 4 to 12 shift during the high crime days but yet we in my area do not see them and the other 2 areas in our district are saying they are not seeing. So the question is were are the ones that are already working???? If we put these new cops out are they going to be as invisible as the ones we already have???

Last note:
someone misspoke but it caught my attention they said “ We need to give the appearance that something is being done� and some beat cops will do it. And I of course snickered about that and it was restated. Not a good way to present your case. But yes I did hear you say that if you are reading this.