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Another failed plan and government boondoggle. Just keep throwing money at it clown Boss Hogsett. Can’t even fix potholes…
I need to start a “peacemaker” LLC or 503(c).
Ding, ding, ding! Nailed it, J C B.
Leave it to a leftist Dem to throw other people’s money at problems that could be resolved by arresting the bad guys and putting them in prison. Sadly Marion County’s prosecutor doesn’t want to do his job.
The United States has the highest percentage of our population jailed than any other nation on Earth, by far. Obviously, throwing more people in jail is not an actual answer. If you wanted to invest money in jails, we should be investing in programs that prevent people from getting arrested again after being released. Perhaps instead of just writing people off as a society, we should give them a chance to get a job after commiting a crime. Maybe get them therapy to prevent them from getting arrested again. It’s very clear that something needs to change in our criminal justice system aside from locking more people up.
Wesley – the cause is we live in the most degenerate society in the world.
Meanwhile the governor of Oregon just signed a law that removes requirements that students are able to read, write and do math when they graduate from high school because it is unfair to black ,Asian, Latino and American Indian students to expect them to know how to do that.
Almost 6 years after winning the mayor’s race, he is finally addressing the ever-increasing crime problem. What took so long, especially from the candidate who campaigned on public safety?
From “defund” to “re-fund”. Creating a problem so we can fix it. Government at it’s finest
Yeah, except Indianapolis (and 95% of American cities) never did defund the police.
Wes, Do you need feel a little ickey that you have to defend the defund rhetoric from your lib friends?
Donald, no. Unlike your side, I don’t feel the need to defend and repeat stupid slogans that the extremes on my side say.
Nah but they were ordered to stand down when downtown got destroyed the 2nd night. Might as well have been defunded then.
Applaud the hoped for outcomes (although none were defined). Would still like to see specifics in addition to the generalities of where money may be spent. For example, how will $30m be spent on mental health? And, so on…..
Exactly…and you won’t find any tangible details. That would create accountability which no tax and spend career politician wants.
Continued legal extortion.
In the end, we pay the price for decisions made 30 years ago. Education is where it all starts. Passing kids thru hoping they’ll pick up stuff they missed along the way has been and is a losing strategy setting the child up for a lifetime of struggle.
It is poorly constructed logic to think we don’t need more law enforcement, more incarceration facilities, and some sort of plan to try and turn individuals into something positive for themselves and society. But understand our hands are forced into these reactions because of poor policy decades ago.
People who didn’t trust government would be able to handle these problems voted with their feet and moved. Looking back, they were not wrong.
Good point Jason R. Perhaps we ought to start by DEMANDING school choice and decouple our children from the rotten public/government schools and the horrible teacher’s unions.
Education is really, really important but the family matters most. Use some of this $$$ for Parenting/Fatherhood programs to mentor kids and train parents. The common denominator in the prison population = no Fathers.
Jason, John, Mark…all excellent points.
Second page headline in today’s Star — “11 reported wounded in series of overnight shootings in Indy”. Something doesn’t seem to be working.
As a felon that has been home for over 21 yr., the officials have NO experience in psycholoy, aberrant behavior, and the family. Money will NOT sovle this problem. Sit down with those who are creating the problem to find out how to solve the problem. Where is the Mayor? He ahould be outraged! But as usual he is silent.
So basically $133 million is going to be thrown down the drain. They keep throwing all this money at this community education hunger relief all these other programs that don’t do a thing. But keep on throwing money at it because thinking is that eventually something is going to work.
The gunshot detection system is likely to have the greatest impact in apprehending those who use firearms when committing crimes. Smart move for Indianapolis to use this technology to make high-risk neighborhoods safer.
https://www.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh241/files/archives/ncjrs/fs000201.pdf
It would be great to put some measurable goals in place.