Comments on buzoncrime: Crimes in North Baltimore

Anonymous--sorry about your perceptions of city co...

2008-09-15T13:39:00.000-04:00

Anonymous--sorry about your perceptions of city cops: I'm sure some are crooked, but the majority are not. They may get brownie points for getting a gun off the street, but no extra money.

They probably had someone (was it you?) on a humble, and were trying to get information out of them about guns in the community to , you know, slow down the killing according to Plan Bealefeld/Dixon.

Police are crooked in all the city.Ive seen even s...

2008-09-12T17:26:00.000-04:00

Police are crooked in all the city.
Ive seen even so called good cops be bribed-give us a gun well let you go..cause the get a bounus for every turned in gun!

Harold---one of the bedrocks of effective crime-fi...

2008-08-19T10:52:00.000-04:00

Harold---one of the bedrocks of effective crime-fighting is knowing where/when/ and how the crimes are committed against what demographic of victim by what demographic of suspect. If we ignore facts, we fly by the seat of our political pants. Remember, if a crime isn't reported, it doesn't exist. If you have no crime in a given area, you won't deploy to combat it.

And yes, the system is dysfunctional, and in some ways corrupt, but it's what has evolved and what we have to deal with.

I've believed for many years that communities (and jurisdictions) get the kind of law enforcement and criminal justice that they desire. Unfortunately, we are saddled with the past and history. We wish it weren't so, but it is.

Buz, you bet there's a ton of stuff that's under r...

2008-08-17T21:17:00.000-04:00

Buz, you bet there's a ton of stuff that's under reported. Dixon, etc. definitely don't want the wealthier people of baltimore to get excited, as they might be able to get rid of the whole corrupt structure if they ever got organized (a la Anna Sowers)