05-11-2008, 01:39 PM
WE AS POLICE OFFICERS IN THE " CITY OF PALMS" ALL HAVE HEARD THE PHRASE "ANOTHER DUNBAR TRAGEDY", ESPECIALLY WHEN AN INCIDENT SUCH AS A SHOOTING TAKES PLACE, AND THE END RESULT IS A HOMICIDE.
NOBODY WANTS TO SEE A LOVED ONE DIE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT INVOLVES A TRAGEDY SUCH AS A HOMICIDE OR ANY OTHER ACT OF VIOLECE OR FOUL PLAY.
PERMANENT RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF FT MYERS IS ROUGHLY OVER 55,000 PEOPLE, AND GROWING. THIS MEANS AS TIME MOVES ON AND POPULATION GROWTH SURGES, THERE IS A MORE LIKELY HOOD OF AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF HOMICIDES THAT WE WILL INVESTIGATE.
THE QUESTION THAT I RAISE IS WHERE DO MOST OF OUR HOMICIDES IN THE CITY TAKE PLACE? LOGISTICALLY SPEAKING THRU MY EXPERIENCE THE BULK OF THEM HAVE TAKEN PLACE WARD 1, WARD 2, AND WARD 3, "THE GREATER DUNBAR AREA".
CAN THESE INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE BE POTENTIALLY CURBED? OR WILL THEY GET WORSE? I DON'T THINK ANYONE REALLY KNOWS THE ANSWER.
WHAT I HOPE TO SEE ONE DAY IN MY CAREER, AND AS TIME MOVES ON IS A "REAL LEADER " EMERGE OUT OF THE DUNBAR COMMUNITY. ONE THAT IS A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL FOR THE YOUTH, THAT REACHES OUT TO PEOPLE AND INSPIRES THEM TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. A POTENTIAL THAT WILL REMOVE THEM FROM A LIFE OF CRIME AND VIOLENCE, AND ALSO REMOVE THIS OLD CLICHE OF "ANOTHER DUNBAR TRAGEDY".
NOBODY WANTS TO SEE A LOVED ONE DIE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT INVOLVES A TRAGEDY SUCH AS A HOMICIDE OR ANY OTHER ACT OF VIOLECE OR FOUL PLAY.
PERMANENT RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF FT MYERS IS ROUGHLY OVER 55,000 PEOPLE, AND GROWING. THIS MEANS AS TIME MOVES ON AND POPULATION GROWTH SURGES, THERE IS A MORE LIKELY HOOD OF AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF HOMICIDES THAT WE WILL INVESTIGATE.
THE QUESTION THAT I RAISE IS WHERE DO MOST OF OUR HOMICIDES IN THE CITY TAKE PLACE? LOGISTICALLY SPEAKING THRU MY EXPERIENCE THE BULK OF THEM HAVE TAKEN PLACE WARD 1, WARD 2, AND WARD 3, "THE GREATER DUNBAR AREA".
CAN THESE INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE BE POTENTIALLY CURBED? OR WILL THEY GET WORSE? I DON'T THINK ANYONE REALLY KNOWS THE ANSWER.
WHAT I HOPE TO SEE ONE DAY IN MY CAREER, AND AS TIME MOVES ON IS A "REAL LEADER " EMERGE OUT OF THE DUNBAR COMMUNITY. ONE THAT IS A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL FOR THE YOUTH, THAT REACHES OUT TO PEOPLE AND INSPIRES THEM TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. A POTENTIAL THAT WILL REMOVE THEM FROM A LIFE OF CRIME AND VIOLENCE, AND ALSO REMOVE THIS OLD CLICHE OF "ANOTHER DUNBAR TRAGEDY".