Hi Ray,
Thanks for your post about these very important issues. I agree with you and as a new BSG resident I am concerned as well. My friend and I purchased the home at the corner of Vasser and Holyoke in what seemed a decent neighborhood after relocating from NC.
We have been here now for about a month and have witness several incidents in our immediate area to include child abuse (physically and verbal), prostitution, and what appears to be drugs sales just on our street alone.
I myself have contacted the SO on two occassions and on both it took forever for them to arrive. I literally could hear small children screaming and they were being beat by what sounded like leather hitting their bodies and their mom or some adult female cursed them while beating them to put their hands down. I live 6 homes down from that location and it took place in their house.
I actually have been in Law Enforcement for several years in NC and what saddens me is that once the SO arrived they never did anything about it except talk with the one doing the beating and then left. It appears this issue is much larget than hiring a private officer.
The ones we already have should be held responsible for doing their jobs.
Regards,
Steven