More Police

Here's a link to an ADN article which summarizes the beginnings of a workshop session which strives to address crime and policing in Spenard.

http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/crime/story/630233.html

Though most of the comments were fairly good and informative, there were some who's complaints were less than constructive. Crime is a complicated mulit-faceted phenomenon. I think it's like health care; we can spend a majority of our resources on critical care or we can spend less overall by investing in preventative measures.

Increase in crime has been a problem; I'm nervous of the effects of the coming economy possibly creating even more desperation. It may skew the efficacy of the new approach which may result in it being rejected.