As the Vice-Chair of the Council Public Safety Committee I made a motion that the Police Department report to the City Council on a quarterly (not yearly basis) about the amount of crime we are experiencing in Long Beach.
Without this data the City Council can't budget or plan in advance for adding officers and other programs to stem crime.
I am sick and tired of hearing my Blackberry go off with yet another killing or robbery or auto theft or auto burglary. Unfortunately, we don't get notices for rapes, sexual assault, child abuse or domestic abuse even though I hear from the victim services community that these crimes are on the rise.
We need to get serious about this problem and not just at budget time. Getting data out to the public will be a first step.
Notice: This is not a City of Long Beach site.
Dear Readers: Please note that this is not a City of Long Beach website and is not paid for nor maintained by taxpayer funds.
If you contact Gerrie Schipske through this site on any matter pertaining to the City of Long Beach, a copy of your contact will be forwarded to her official city email as an official public record.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Save Station 18
- Council Guts Fire Services in the Middle of the Night - 9/7/2011
- Come to Community Budget Meeting to Discuss Cuts to Fire, Police, Library and Recreation - 8/25/2011
- How Facts Get in the Way of Political Agendas - 8/12/2011
- They are at it again -- 27 firefigthers to be cut -- Station 18 to be downgraded - 8/8/2011
- You Did It -- Fire Station 18 Will Remain Open - 9/18/2009
Popular Posts
-
Schipske Continues To Shape Up the 5 th District Work Party At Pan American Park To Focus On Landscaping And Painting (LONG BEACH, CA; A...
-
Today in the Committee on Civil Service and Personnel which I chair, we discussed what it costs the city to let employees have a car full ti...
-
I was the only councilperson who voted against the sale of the building and parking lot at 100 Ocean Blvd last week. (www.lbeport.com publis...
-
I just polled my email readers and asked: Do you think the City Council should vote to support a parcel tax that would assess residential a...
-
Went away for the weekend to Stockton to see Sequoia and friends who were renewing their 45th wedding vows. It was hot up there. Beautiful i...
-
As you know, US troops have returned from Iraq and several cities have held parades and other celebrations to acknowledge their service. I...
-
Schipske Congratulates Stacy Mungo on Winning 5 th District Seat – Says Looks Forward to Smooth, Positive Transition Long Beach, C...
-
I cannot believe that as we look at severe cuts to police, fire, libraries and recreation services that anyone on the City Council would pro...
-
I am pleased to announce that the City Department of Public Works has contracted with the California Professional Engineering, Inc., to furn...
-
The public is invited to a meeting at the El Dorado Community Center at 2800 Studebaker, to hear what is being proposed for the staging of B...