To the Mayor and City Council
from the Citizens of Waco
From Douglas:
Please give more funding and resources to the Waco PD. As a taxpayer, I want my taxes to go towards our law enforcement and the prevention of crime. I want to live in a community where my family is safe. Safety should come before a revitalized downtown. Please listen to the officers who are on the front lines daily and give them the funding and support they need. I agree...
From Bill:
Hire more officers and pay them wages that set high standards for others to follow. Be proactive on crime not reactive and behind the times. Do everything to the best of you abilites not to the least of your abilities.
From Chuck:
Thank you for communicating directly with the business community in Waco. Don't just assume that all of us blindly follow what Larry Groth tells the Chamber of Commerce to do and say. The truth is business in Waco is suffering and your billboard has nothing to do with it. We know the WPA is right so please do not quit fighting.
From Linda:
As a resident of Waco, and also a mother whose son was murdered in 2002, I feel it is important that we make the public aware of the crime in our small city. I don't understand why businesses are so concerned about the billboard affecting their businesses and not concerned about the safety of the public -- their own families included. Crime does not matter to people until tragady hits home. Although my son was murdered in Las Vegas, Nevada (attending college) we hold an event on September 25th, National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims, to honor those whose lives were taken from us by the hands of another person. I meet with families on this day whose lives have been shattered because someone brutally murdered their loved ones. If you polled each family, I bet that they too support the billboards in the hopes that we bring more police to our city. I applaud the police association for bringing awareness to the public with the truth about the crime in our city. My family and I support them 100%. God bless them for what they are doing.
From Bradley:
When will we get decent police protection in the city of Waco? My property in Waco has been broken into over 20 times in less han a decade and yet never once has ANYTHING AT ALL ever been recovered. I was beaten and robbed and yet the person was never caught. Waco claims to be a cheap place to live but we pay a high price by having to buy alarm systems for our houses, having to replace items stolen and never recovered, having to pay medical bills for violent crime and then see the crime go unpunished as well. This is an awful burden to the law-abiding citizens. I can NOT blame the Waco Police Association for bringing our problems out in the open because just perhaps they might finally be addressed. Thank You for your attention.
From Cassidy:
As a Waco Police Officer's wife, I would hope that the City of Waco officials that think the officer count is not an issue just think about their own safety and their own families when making a decision about the future of Waco PD. Just think about it, your wife or husband is at home alone while you are at work and they are in need of an officer; unfortunately that officer is on another call and the wait time is several minutes....sorry there are not enough officers on duty to address your emergency at that time, it will be several minutes before someone can get to your home. Please remember that our loved ones are putting their lives at risk each and every day for you and me!
From Chris:
The Waco Police Officers do a fantastic job. The Council needs to step up and support the Police by giving them the tools they need to perform their job.
From Tiffany:
Listen to our police officers and help keep waco safe! Think of your people and help reduce our crime rate.
From Melissa:
Please give more funding and resources to the Waco PD. As a taxpayer, I want my taxes to go towards our law enforcement and the prevention of crime. I want to live in a community where my family is safe. Safety should come before a "revitalized" downtown. Please listen to the officers who are on the front lines daily and give them the funding and support they need.
From William:
PLEASE PUT SAFTY FIRST.
From a police officer:
Over the last two decades, Waco City Hall has literally run the Waco Police Department into the ground. Gross neglect has left the department weak and powerless to fight crime in a crime infested rat-hole (which is what Waco has become). The level of manpower on the street day to day has not increased in the past 14 years and yet the police workload has quadrupled. Every day and night, the calls for emergency service back up and stack up, and crime victims have to wait! Waco is crime infested and I personally BLAME Waco City Hall and the Waco City Manager! Other cities in Texas support their police departments, but NOT Waco. Our rich Mayor and overpaid City Manager could care less about the Waco Police Department or the numerous crime victims in Waco.
From Carlos:
It is disturbing that I had to see a commercial by Waco Police Association asking for help. This must have been their last resort. We can not forget or let down those that protect and serve. Forgetting and not supporting these officers is like not supporting our troops fighting for our freedom. Elected officials are required to protect, serve and do what is best for our communities. Shame on you if you are not doing that. Let's get with the program and do our jobs. Support our officers and make Waco and the surrounding cities a place we can be proud of.
From Kevin:
The mayor and the city council need to listen to what the police have to say. They are the ones out there in the streets every day getting shot at and assaulted, while you, the people elected by us, sit up on your pedestal and look down your nose at everyone (except Baylor, of course).
From Sam:
GENTLEMEN AND LADIES, I WANT EVERYTHING DONE TO MAKE OUR STREETS AND HOMES SAFER FOR EVERYONE. SUPPORT AND SUPPLY THE PEOPLE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ALL THEY NEED TO DO THEIR JOB. "ALL EVIL HAS TO DO IS WAIT FOR US TO DO NOTHING." IT IS TIME WE TAKE A STAND AGAINST THE CRIMINALS, NOW!
From Lauren:
Put public safety first! The City Council is constantly trying to bring business to Waco, but no one will want to have their business here or move here when the city is so unsafe. Maybe if the city were safer, more people would want to spend their lives here and bring revenue and businesses to the city.
From Dean:
Please don't ignore the men and women who put their lives on the line every day for your safety. If these men and women say it's bad, then it's bad. You will not draw people to Waco with such a high crime rate. And to say that you don't believe the statistics is absurd.
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