Comments on: City to Consider Funding for Real Time Crime Center

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 22:47:01 +0000

What ever happened to road crews for picking up trash for bad deeds.

By: Jake Findley

Jake Findley — Sun, 04 Sep 2022 15:48:43 +0000

Benjamin, sound point about big gov intrusion & 4th Amendment

By: NE Moderate

NE Moderate — Sun, 04 Sep 2022 13:13:23 +0000

Well said Benjamin.

By: Benjamin Dover

Benjamin Dover — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 02:53:30 +0000

You know, I’m all for adding deputies to the sheriff’s department and improving training; this could be horribly misused. With our city commission being as corrupt as it already is, giving the “1984 equipment” is going to erode trust even further.

Counter measures for the excessive use of these surveillance devices (e.g. the “Stingray”) need to go mainstream and force law enforcement to abide by the 4th Amendment.

By: Commonsense

Commonsense — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 22:19:51 +0000

Agree, great idea and use of taxpayer money. I hope it works out and helps with our crime problem.

I wonder if anyone from the city had the foresight to check with any other communities who may have implemented a similar program. How did that work out for them? Did they find they had to change something that wasn’t quite working as planned? How did they correct that? What did they use as measurement to determine if the program was yielding the expected results? And on and on with maybe another 100 important items to ask about.

I seriously doubt that this is an original, totally new concept that was created in little sleepy Tallahassee by our current city administration and so-called leaders. I don’t believe that collectively that group is capable of an original idea that has merit and actually results in improvements.

All that aside, no matter who’s idea it was, it’s a great concept and I wish them success.

By: Pat A.

Pat A. — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 19:38:16 +0000

Enough, “your comment is pending review”. I stopped listening to your radio show, now I’m done reading your online articles. A.M.F.

By: Pat A.

Pat A. — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 19:35:22 +0000

Is this a signal the City and Leon County are getting tough on crime? Not a chance. Don’t worry gansta’s….you will still get your second, third, forth chance, free legal representation, get out of jail free cards and credit for time served. And the civil citation program will let you run wild until age 18. Our local officials would never, never, never get tough on crime.

By: A Skeptic

A Skeptic — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 14:52:26 +0000

I like the concept, but the numbers just don’t add up.

FY23 cost is $108,569. That’s one LEO and some pocket change. The recurring costs are less than $26,000/year, significantly less than an FTE.

Someone needs to go back and investigate the real commitment and cost. Maybe some of that $108k would be better spent figuring out exactly what this will cost.

By: Snidely Whiplash

Snidely Whiplash — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 18:39:36 +0000

@ Edward good summary I agree the Real Time Crime Center seems to be an excellant idea.
A few likely fatal problems I can see with it are:
1. Our lead City Commission wokesters, the J’s, Jeremy and Jack will identify the R.T.C.C. as raciest because it will always and forever be catching 85% minorities and people of color. No matter that is who commit 85% of the crime. It’s Jim Crow raciest and that is all we should need to know to oppose it.
2. The remainder of our City Commissioners will not see a clear path for local “usual suspects” (if thats what we still call them) to benifit. Example – how will Sean Pittman fit in to the project? Can we appoint another “usual suspect” to oversee the operation at a $100.000.+ salary? Will we be building an expensive building we can contract for political contributions to one of Dozier’s firms?
3. This project looks like “funding” the police and our wokesters along with the rest of the City Commission are not sure how they should feel and vote as to “funding” the police.
4. There is nothing even remotly related to how the proposed project will benifit the LGBTQ+ and the promotion of more abortions. Not to mention BLM (is BLM even still a “thing”?)
5. Something like this makes too much sense. It is what Counties ran by smelly Walmart shopping, MAGA loving, Janurary 6 red hat wearing, Desantis and Trump voters would support.

Here’s hope our esteemed City Commissioners can find a way to address their concerns and give this proposal a fair shot when they meet to consider the funding.
These are just some of the things we must take into consideration when living in a woke progressive ran little island of blue like the Leon/Tallahassee area!
Other than that the project seems to be a well thought out and excellant idea!!!!!

By: Edward Lyle

Edward Lyle — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 17:22:21 +0000

This looks like a good expenditure of our tax dollars to help fight the increasing crime rate here in Tallahassee. It may also help overcome some level of the “snitches get stitches” mentality. I’d like to know a little more about the “automatic vehicle locator” mentioned in the last sentence of the Scenario Example 1 of Applicability.