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F.O.A.D.

On 7/26/13 2:34 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 26 Jul 2013 13:07:39 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 7/26/13 12:58 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 26 Jul 2013 12:29:58 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

If I were testing a scooter from a
shop on Whalley Avenue, as he was, I would have stayed on Whalley or
taken a cut through street to another part of town.

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If the police were doing there job they would send some plain clothes
cops down these streets once in a while (armed and with adequate
backup of course). I don't believe in letting criminals rule the
streets.

There are at least three city police stations within a few blocks of
that area, and a Yale police substation nearby, and I'm sure the entire
area is well-patrolled. But that doesn't mean every part of every area
of the city has a police officer on the spot every minute of the day.

What most cities need in their densely populated or commercial areas are
more police officers *in uniform* and on foot.

They have lost control of these areas to the point that it is not safe
to have cops on foot.
DC has more cops per square foot than any other place in the world and
they can't hold all of the neighborhoods.

1. Bull****.

2. DC cops for the most part do not patrol neighborhoods on foot. Most
of them are deployed to commercial districts and governmental areas. So,
again, bull****.

Aren't you in the Naples area? Crime in Naples versus crime in Huntingown:

http://tinyurl.com/jwypty5

http://tinyurl.com/l8zzymo