U.S. officials spend billions of dollars on defense and programs to strip our rights and freedoms, all on the name of “homeland security” and sense of feeling “more safe”.
Yet in municipalities and townships and counties nationwide, public safety couldn’t be more affected and citizens more at risk.
In some Utah communities, the average response time to crimes three times the amount of other communities, according to an article in the Salt Lake Tribune today.
And earlier this week, it was discovered that there had been a significant theft of valuables from the storage area at the school where Tom and I work. We had the local police come and take a report and photos and other evidence, but when it came down to it, we were told that they “didn’t have time” to investigate it as thoroughly as it should be. Granted, this isn’t a life threatening crime, but now I’m assuming we will never hear any more about this.
The message I am hearing from all of this is that our public safety is at risk. Because there is not enough money to fund police protection, there are slow response times, little to no investigation of of many crimes, and staff shortages.
Now that has me feeling more safe.
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 