When my nieces and nephews were younger, they giggled at Granny and her friends for spending time listening to the Cardinals on the radio and for listening to the police scanner. Thank God for Granny, she is still listening to the radio.
My family is spread out across Peoria and we stay in contact with each other. Yesterday, when the police were running down the culprits who tried to rob somebody at Newman Golf Course, the phones started to ring. It was Granny who called and said “watch out there’s somebody in your area the police is chasin.” Last night, when the murder was going down at the gas station on McClure, it was Granny who called members of the family and said “stay in the house, they lookin’ for somebody in that area who got a gun.”
See what I’m getting at? Is it Granny’s job to notify those in harms way that the police and scary criminals are running through your neighborhood with guns, stay in the house? No, it is the Police Department’s job to let people know it is not safe to be out.
Don't they have a bull horn or something they could use to tell people to stay in the house and lock your doors? Or here is a thought, can't that spiffy CrimeView technology call each home in a specific area and tell people what to do to be safe? If it can, I hope they start to use it soon, because otherwise with all of this cops and robbers going on, it’s just a matter of time before an innocent bystander gets hurt.
Keep listening Granny, we love you.
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If only citizen groups would watch dog the people who run our city and police our streets the way they watched the people who run our schools.
Crime is rampant - it is out of control yet we discuss ad nausem about libraries, museums, and school loyalty.
It has permeated every school and neighborhood. Yes, that includes those across War Memorial. Where is the outrage, who is accountable?
Emerge,Peoria's #4 murder happened in MY neighborhood and yes I am outraged. I can afford to move north, but I won't because I like it here. I like my neighbors and I like my house. I will not be intimitdated. The east bluff is where I choose to live. Crime must be put above all other concerns in our city, peroid. Museums, the school district, the new zoo, etc. are meaningless unless the core problem of Peoria is addressed and fixed.
The city council CUT police funding.
Not a good look for the new Peoria Zoo, murder at the entrance of the Park. Is it even safe to park in that area with a cold blooded killer on the loose. The
Zoo is CLOSED to the General Public (open only to zoo members) May 30th. Zoo Re-Opens to the general public May 31st.
Can the Peoria Police assure safety?
I remember back in the day, I would be out playing and someone would say I see you. I'm going to tell your mama on you. Or girl you better go home you know you have no business being here or doing that. Because of this I am a much better person. Whatever happened to "It takes a village to raise a child"? It worked for me!!
Just reading that Mayor Ardis wants a concealed carry pilot program in Peoria. Really? Now we have to police ourselves? How about just making the Chief do his job? If he can't keep the streets safe, get somebody who can. We pay taxes for the Police to protect us a vigilante police force is not the solution.
"Whatever happened to "It takes a village to raise a child"? It worked for me!!"
To the most recent parent to quote that to me, it meant that the village raised her child and not her.
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