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James: Use of alternate ID to enter gay-friendly spa doesn't matter

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RE: James: Use of alternate ID to enter gay-friendly spa doesn't...

March 26th, 2017 @ 5:47PM (7 years ago)

In 1982, back when LPD had police that could and did police, the homicide clearance rate was 97%. The chief learned very little from the generation that trained him apparently.

RE: James: Use of alternate ID to enter gay-friendly spa doesn't...

March 27th, 2017 @ 7:59PM (7 years ago)

Now even those below the political ranks just paraphrase the Chief's talking points. It's not ever going to be fixed until he's been replaced by someone who can teach the those hired since merger what effective policing really requires. They have never been taught. You don't cut homicides asking people to be nicer and pretending gangs aren't the problem.

"Do gangs have anything to do with it?

There are some murders that we have that we believe to be related to gangs, or maybe not even necessarily gangs per se. There is a specific legal definition for a gang. So it could be a group of people from a specific neighborhood ... In all honesty, gangs and neighborhood groups have been around for several years ... I don't know why there is this surge in violent crime. I think it goes back to we have a younger generation who needs to be a little more tolerant of each other and forgiving"