Follow the Money
I've offered the proof on the Community Watch web pages... when they said crime was down by double digits, who had more credibility? The guy with brass on his collar ... works days, goes to a lot of meetings ... and may have taken marching orders to remove Community Watch from ALL these community pages until a hand full of people fought back. Don't forget... they WERE REMOVED by a simple police request!
Now I see Community Watch has been moved to Community Info .. I guess Community Policing is the sole property of Art Venegas. ANOTHER distortion .. they preach "shared ownership and partnering" but only if you march in lock step with their distortions and myths.
Examine your elected representative ... when the Sacramento Bee published what I had long reported as triple digits increases in midtown crime, your council people went sreaming about "image" to Bee editors.
Who will stand by me at City Council in two weeks and ask why the city is afraid to answer the questions about police staffing and grant funds ... the 101 cops (we'll lose)they didn't hire with grant funds, proven by their own hand in reports to DOJ they thought we'd never get our hands on!!!!
A half dozen felons victimized midtown today, robbery, burglaries, assualt by a pair of would be car thieves (in a stolen car trying to steal another)all within a couple hours between 4 and 6 p.m. There were so few police, the best they could do was take reports ... not enough of them to clamp down of the robber who sauntered out of the Subway Sandwich Shop and faded into the mass of other criminals who've claimed our neighborhoods as their own. Two calls within 100ft of one another and not enough resources to do the job. Just a few weeks ago, we applauded officers for responding to alert citizens calls and catching the bad guys ... chances are they could be the same pair, out on bail from a failing court system and no room at the inn (jail) I asked the police if they had any breaks on the known car theft ring operating blocks away. Seems detectives didn't bather to tell patrol! But hey, crime is down ... they told you that.. just like Philidelphia, before an honest cop undid the lie!!! 14 other citys are following suit across America.
The sport of SPD seems to be attacking me and Community Watch. I report facts they won't refute, the chief refuses to meet with us and you!!! You reward their arrogance by moving us while leaving the politically correct, private non-profit, Crime Alert (compare our site's "Alerts" before you buy into that crap) Bottom line, we don't have hundreds of thousands of dollars like Safe Streets (now defunct) and Crime Alert. Look at Crime Alert and tell me why there are NO midtown parolees at large there, rape or murder suspects. NOT ONE SINGLE SACRAMENTO POLICE DEPARTMENT WANTED PERSON ... but hey, they are the choice YOU made!!!
Despite Phil's sense of betrayal, he worked for this community with me from 11p.m. to 6 a.m. for the last four days in trying to bag another career criminal who just got out of jail. We've almost had this guy twice in as many weeks. There are no police available to work this serial criminal... any more than when Captain Busch refused to help us with graffiti. Will they be embarrased into it ... likely so, again.
We fought back then! Where is that voice now... silent but willing to betray a friend by caving into their demands. A Center that has served this community with an unblemished record in court, been your spokesperson before judges and DA's is shuffled between a tourist attraction and planning projects. Ahh ... but Community Policing is safe at last Take the final step and don't insult us further ... remove us altogether ... this battle's lost!
By Dave Jenest
I've offered the proof on the Community Watch web pages... when they said crime was down by double digits, who had more credibility? The guy with brass on his collar ... works days, goes to a lot of meetings ... and may have taken marching orders to remove Community Watch from ALL these community pages until a hand full of people fought back. Don't forget... they WERE REMOVED by a simple police request!
Now I see Community Watch has been moved to Community Info .. I guess Community Policing is the sole property of Art Venegas. ANOTHER distortion .. they preach "shared ownership and partnering" but only if you march in lock step with their distortions and myths.
Examine your elected representative ... when the Sacramento Bee published what I had long reported as triple digits increases in midtown crime, your council people went sreaming about "image" to Bee editors.
Who will stand by me at City Council in two weeks and ask why the city is afraid to answer the questions about police staffing and grant funds ... the 101 cops (we'll lose)they didn't hire with grant funds, proven by their own hand in reports to DOJ they thought we'd never get our hands on!!!!
A half dozen felons victimized midtown today, robbery, burglaries, assualt by a pair of would be car thieves (in a stolen car trying to steal another)all within a couple hours between 4 and 6 p.m. There were so few police, the best they could do was take reports ... not enough of them to clamp down of the robber who sauntered out of the Subway Sandwich Shop and faded into the mass of other criminals who've claimed our neighborhoods as their own. Two calls within 100ft of one another and not enough resources to do the job. Just a few weeks ago, we applauded officers for responding to alert citizens calls and catching the bad guys ... chances are they could be the same pair, out on bail from a failing court system and no room at the inn (jail) I asked the police if they had any breaks on the known car theft ring operating blocks away. Seems detectives didn't bather to tell patrol! But hey, crime is down ... they told you that.. just like Philidelphia, before an honest cop undid the lie!!! 14 other citys are following suit across America.
The sport of SPD seems to be attacking me and Community Watch. I report facts they won't refute, the chief refuses to meet with us and you!!! You reward their arrogance by moving us while leaving the politically correct, private non-profit, Crime Alert (compare our site's "Alerts" before you buy into that crap) Bottom line, we don't have hundreds of thousands of dollars like Safe Streets (now defunct) and Crime Alert. Look at Crime Alert and tell me why there are NO midtown parolees at large there, rape or murder suspects. NOT ONE SINGLE SACRAMENTO POLICE DEPARTMENT WANTED PERSON ... but hey, they are the choice YOU made!!!
Despite Phil's sense of betrayal, he worked for this community with me from 11p.m. to 6 a.m. for the last four days in trying to bag another career criminal who just got out of jail. We've almost had this guy twice in as many weeks. There are no police available to work this serial criminal... any more than when Captain Busch refused to help us with graffiti. Will they be embarrased into it ... likely so, again.
We fought back then! Where is that voice now... silent but willing to betray a friend by caving into their demands. A Center that has served this community with an unblemished record in court, been your spokesperson before judges and DA's is shuffled between a tourist attraction and planning projects. Ahh ... but Community Policing is safe at last Take the final step and don't insult us further ... remove us altogether ... this battle's lost!
By Dave Jenest