Conveyor Belt
07-14-2006, 01:34 PM
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060714/NEWS01/60714003
HPD officers graduate from Safe Neighborhoods program
By Reuben Mees
American Staff Writer
Nine officers of the Hattiesburg Police Department will be returning to duty full-time this weekend with an arsenal of new tools to help them keep gun-toting criminals off Hattiesburg’s streets.
The group, which consists of members of the Neighborhood Enhancement Team, graduated today from the five-week Project Safe Neighborhoods program, which is a partnership between local, state and federal agencies.
“They are going to make a significant difference in crime in the city,” Police Chief David Wynn said.
I don't know the last time I was affected by a gun crime... oh, yeah, it was never. I do, however, recall the time my wife's car was broken into and the time some guy hit me in the face. How about concentrating on identifying and catching burglers.
With that said, I hope these guys do make some "significant difference in crime in the city". I just don't see it happening, unless the perception of the police force and the city is changed in the criminal public mind. Right now, I believe they feel as if they're not going to get caught, so they might as well commit the crime. If they knew the police and their neighbors were going to help put them in jail and deprive them of their newly stolen merchandise/drugs, then some, if not most, would think twice before committing the crime. There would still be crime, but at least it would be manageable. Right now, I feel that crime is unmanageable due to the perception the public has of crime and those who commit it and those who are to police it.
HPD officers graduate from Safe Neighborhoods program
By Reuben Mees
American Staff Writer
Nine officers of the Hattiesburg Police Department will be returning to duty full-time this weekend with an arsenal of new tools to help them keep gun-toting criminals off Hattiesburg’s streets.
The group, which consists of members of the Neighborhood Enhancement Team, graduated today from the five-week Project Safe Neighborhoods program, which is a partnership between local, state and federal agencies.
“They are going to make a significant difference in crime in the city,” Police Chief David Wynn said.
I don't know the last time I was affected by a gun crime... oh, yeah, it was never. I do, however, recall the time my wife's car was broken into and the time some guy hit me in the face. How about concentrating on identifying and catching burglers.
With that said, I hope these guys do make some "significant difference in crime in the city". I just don't see it happening, unless the perception of the police force and the city is changed in the criminal public mind. Right now, I believe they feel as if they're not going to get caught, so they might as well commit the crime. If they knew the police and their neighbors were going to help put them in jail and deprive them of their newly stolen merchandise/drugs, then some, if not most, would think twice before committing the crime. There would still be crime, but at least it would be manageable. Right now, I feel that crime is unmanageable due to the perception the public has of crime and those who commit it and those who are to police it.