I wrote this blog eleven years ago. I started to review it and realized that much if not most of my data was now obsolete. Nevertheless, in many ways, not much has changed with our law enforcement system. People are still afraid to walk the streets of most large cities at night. Gun violence is at an all time high. School shootings and other mass killings are no longer sporadic events. You can almost set your watch or smart watch to determine when the next mass killing will occur. There is also the unpredictability of our Officers of the Law in terms of dealing with potential offenders. I am sure that there are many good cops, but the number of egregious offenses by those assigned to “Protect and Serve” is appalling. Hardly a day goes by that the news does not describe an event where some minor offender is shot down for not complying or understanding how to deal with the police.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — “Forty percent of Americans, the most in three decades, say they would be afraid to walk alone at night within a mile of their home. This indicator of crime fears last reached this level in 1993, when, during one of the worst crime waves in U.S. history, 43% said they would be afraid. Between that year and 2021, an average of 35% of adults have feared for their safety within a mile of home, with the annual results ranging between 29% and 39%.” — Personal Safety Fears at Three Decade High in U.S. by Lydia Saad, 11/23
I encourage you to read my blog from eleven years ago. See what you think? Post your opinions? Is anything better today? Do you feel safer on the streets today than you did ten years ago? What would you change in the system if you could? What do you think needs to be done?
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