Strange reasons for new county-city downtown Toledo policing program

My comment to a July 2013 Toledo Talk thread New TPD downtown patrols

"just wondering why so many are against it."

Who is against it? Re-read the above comments. People are wondering if something more is intended. We're questioning the new program's existence, especially in downtown Toledo when it's well-known that other areas of Toledo have more crime.

• Why is the new program really needed?
• Is this some kind of Mike Bell election-year stunt?
• Many other communities and townships pay taxes to Lucas County. Will they be receiving special county help too?
• Why is this new county-city program only focused on a tiny portion of the 80 square miles of Toledo?

In the 13ABC and Blade stories, the only business that I have seen mentioned with having "problems" is Brooks Insurance that's located near a drug-testing facility.

From the news stories:

"They see criminal elements. We've had car break-ins," says Dennis Johnson, the owner of Brooks Insurance.

Over the years, we've had car break-ins and home break-ins in our area of West Toledo, and nobody is expecting the sheriff to help.

Overall, the downtown, UpTown, and Warehouse District are considered among the safest neighborhoods in Toledo.

Why is this special county-city program needed in the safest neighborhoods in Toledo?

Officer Duncan and Deputy Whitman, both Toledo natives, will work Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Does that make any sense? Do the "criminal elements" only operate during limited business hours?

People who follow the news are aware of major crime issues in other areas of Toledo. But a new county-city program has been installed only in downtown Toledo to do something with the "criminal elements."

upso said, "... it sends a weird message about the stability of downtown."

Inadvertently, the county commissioners and the Toledo mayor may be telling area residents that downtown Toledo is unsafe, especially after 3:30 p.m. and on the weekends.

"It's not going to solve or eliminate the problem, but it'll be a help in managing the problem."

That's an incredibly whacked statement. Managing the problem? That's bullshit speak for successfully failing.

If a problem exists, you try to solve it, and the conclusions are binary, in my opinion. The solution is either a success or a failure. Of course, you could make up your own defintion of "success."

But managing a problem means the problem still exists, and the solution has failed.

If the new program will not solve or eliminate a problem, which may not even exist in the safest neighborhoods in Toledo, then why initiate the program?

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