Public Safety

By James D. "Jim" Pangrazzi

Shortages of Police officers equals less then desirable Public Safety.

Two years ago, while examining speed surveys, I noticed that we needed more Traffic Officers and Patrol Officers. I then went to our Police Chief and asked her how many more Motorcycle Officers we needed. Her reply was: " double" what we have now. That answer matched my estimate exactly and told her that! I then asked her how many Patrol Officers we needed. Her reply was: we needed a total of 11 Officers, one of which would be an Administration Sargent. That is my goal, when funds become available. In the mean time I will not turn down Police grants and Police equipment grants, like the current City Council has done! I don't know what the future might bring but currently I don't see any reason to get rid of the sheriff department. For the sake of our children, I plan to keep on occasionally monitoring CrimeReports.com and Megan's Law web site. Incase we have another incident like the one I brought out at the Valley Congress meeting ( and filed a complaint with the City ). In which two Pedophiles were living right across the street from San Jacinto High School, they have since been removed. I would like to eliminate the safety threat that Park Side Village Citizens are living under. See my Multimedia tab on my web site to see what I am talking about: http://www.jamespangrazzi.com/index.html