Posted on 09/18/2008 2:42:48 PM PDT by William Tell 2
http://www.thebulletin.us/site/index.cfm?newsid=20126503&BRD=2737&PAG=461&dept_id=576361&rfi=8
Has everything finally been stolen in Killadelphia?
Good to see The Bulletin still hanging in there and getting out the news.
A lot of violent crime prevention sounds, silly enough, like marketing. In particular, market segmentation.
An easy statistical analysis of violent crime by type clearly shows where the problems are. They allow you to ask the right questions.
For example, if there is a jump in domestic abuse and homicide cases, there is a good chance that there is a root cause, as well as an indirect means of reducing those numbers. Maybe a big factory closed and unemployment is high, etc. This means that the crime is a symptom of the problem, and the solution might be through non-police means.
If there is a rash of drug crimes, or crimes involving the same drug, there might be a new pipeline into the area. This means there are two problems, not just one.
Drive by shootings also point out that there is loitering—targets for the drive by shooters to shoot at. Fewer targets, fewer shootings. While it takes care of the obvious problem, homicide, it sweeps the gang problem under the rug.
Robbery, burglary, serial fraud, are very pattern heavy crimes, so a lot of data mining needs to be done in the background.
The one surprising element that is used out West, but not in the East are civilian deputization programs. Sometimes called “auxiliaries”, they are a great way to reduce crime in problem neighborhoods.
Then mayor Giuliani used concentrated police to clear out bad neighborhoods, that once clear were much easier to keep clear. But few police departments could concentrate that many police in a small area for weeks at a time. This is where auxiliaries could be used. If only one out of five are police, that is still a potent, anti-crime presence.
Now we want to go National with this nonsense?
I’m going to a Navy reunion in Philadelphia in October. My daughter from Maryland and my son from Maine are joining my wife and me for one on my days there. I assume Philadelphia, like Minneapolis, have some areas that are safer than others. Would that not be a reasonable assumption?
The liberal presstitutes were teasing him about his pro death penalty policy.
He invited them to a press conference to announce a change of mind, he teased that he would announce he was now against the electric chair.
At the press conference he said yes, it's true, he was now against the electric chair.
In order to save the taxpayers money, he was now in favor of the electric bench!
Now, that's not bad!
Yes, there are some relatively safe areas/tourist areas. Certain sections of the City are horrendous, others are decent. It really all depends on the neighborhood.
Obamanation, coming to a city near you!
Yes, you must remember it is a city of one and a half million people. The areas you will be visiting are clean and safe.
I used to live about 7 blocks from there. Still own the house.
Go to Geno’s for cheesesteaks. He is the guy who said you must speak English and he stood by it when the city threatened him.
Go to Nick’s for great roast beef sandwiches. Rush Limbaugh went there and loved it.
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Good to hear from you again.
Many thanks for this. I am planning on some Philadelphia cheese steak.
I love Joey Vento's politics but sadly I have to say I was not impressed by his cheesesteak. May God have mercy upon my soul.
My then-gf-now-wife and I would frequently go to Tony Luke's when we lived in West Chester and King of Prussia. We make sure when we go back to visit friends and family to hit Tony Luke's... no matter how far out of the way we have to go to do it.
HA Great one (Rizzo’s comment about the electric bench). I have always loved Frank Rizzo’s famous line, “A liberal is a person who hasn’t been mugged yet.”
Hey, the Philly gov’t knows exactly how to handle this problem! They’ll just persecute the Boy Scouts of America some more and drag Joey Vento back into court to complain about his “Please speak English” sign in the window of Geno’s steaks.
The Democrats in Philly, as in everywhere else, are total morons.
If they think Philly looks scary now, wait until all the dead people start going to the polls.
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