3 dead, others injured in western Louisville shootings

"They have consistently demanded stats from patrol officers which lead officers to focus solely on the enforcement portion of our job, but not on beat owner ship."

Amen!

"Beat Ownership" is how I recall being taught to ride a beat over 20 years ago. Time was when a beat officer took it "personally" when his/her beat went to sh*t. But then again, at least we were allowed to actually police a little bit in those days.