Public safety - police and fire - is the primary function of city government. In recent years, while pursuing other agendas, the City Council and City Managers have allowed policing needs to take a back seat. We have witnessed increasing calls for additional police presence in several neighborhoods, gang violence has grown, and drug and prostitution trafficking have gone unchecked.
GPD has many fine dedicated professionals; unfortunately it also has some bad apples seemingly immune from discipline or dismissal. The bad apples need to go. Intelligence activities over gangs, drugs, and gangs must resume in cooperation with federal and state law enforcement agencies. The police department must be run by the chief and his command officers. This is not the city manager's responsibility.
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"The police department must be run by the chief and his command officers. This is not the city manager's responsibility."
And THAT message must be the one of the first of many to our city's executive level employees.
Another message that must be sent is that complete transparency and unhindered access to information is expected from all levels of city government
We are tired of our city government representing everyone else's interests except the people's interests.
Your comments are right on target. A rebirth of good government is needed.
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