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Bobby
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Posted - 03/29/2007 : 12:39:29 PM
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| Exactly Sally that is what I am saying that is why they should have these Police Officers on OT primarily for the parking issues. I am not saying that if a murder is going on down the street that they should stay and write their ticket but, it should be what they are assigned to that evening as if they were not even part of the force for that shift. That moron who speaks for the parking enforcement program basically told us that the only reason he wanted to hire these new employees to do the ticketing is because the Everett Cops handwriting is bad. He really doesn't appear to me to be a very bright individual. |
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donice
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Posted - 03/29/2007 : 8:27:56 PM
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| Why overtime ? Isn't enforcing all parking violations part of the police officers job when they are on duty ? It appears they do not want to do this job. Are you saying you think they would do it if they are paid overtime. |
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Lynda
Advanced Member
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Posted - 03/29/2007 : 9:05:31 PM
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I think he is saying that the overnight parking enforcement should be treated like a detail for them. Which I am not sure I think is such a bad idea.
Also having the presents of the extra police on the streets wouldn't hurt either. |
Edited by - Lynda on 03/29/2007 9:10:40 PM |
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justme
Advanced Member
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 Posted - 03/29/2007 : 9:05:49 PM
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Well Sally, in my neighborhood, they've been doing a poor job for a very long time and I can't see that paying them overtime is going to change that. I realize their priority will always be crime prevention however, if they had been doing even a half decent job of trying to control parking violations, we probably wouldn't be looking at the 6 or 7 new positions that were created to do the job.
It's been two years, and there are still hundreds of vehicles parked on our streets every night that do not have a resident sticker. What does that tell you about enforcement? |
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EverettsPride
Advanced Member
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Posted - 03/29/2007 : 9:12:39 PM
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I understand that the parking was not being enforced like we would like it to be, but do you really blame the police? They have calls all night and day long. Today there was a drug bust,car accidents,domestic trouble and that was before noon. They are not intentionally not writing tickets, they just do not have the time. Yes it is there job and in Melrose or Wakefield I am sure the cops can just write tickets all shift. In Everett we have real crime going on. After a call they have mounds of paperowrk to write. I do not see any of the officers hanging out doing nothing, unless they are on their break.
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Lynda
Advanced Member
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Posted - 03/29/2007 : 9:16:59 PM
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| That is why I agree with having these "extra" officers on the 12:am - 6: am shift as a detail for parking enforcement only. |
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donice
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Posted - 03/29/2007 : 9:42:35 PM
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| I'm all for having more officers on duty but I don't understand why they would be paid overtime or as a detail. Why isn't it just part of their routine duties. If there is that much crime, just add more officers to the shift. Not overtime. Not a detail. Put more officers on. |
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Lynda
Advanced Member
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Posted - 03/29/2007 : 10:01:11 PM
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| To just make it JUST a parking enforcement thing I think you may need to make it a detail. The over time pay I agree shouldn't be a necessary part of it. |
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EverettsPride
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Posted - 03/30/2007 : 12:06:09 AM
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It is not that easy to add officers to s shift. They work with a certain budget too.
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justme
Advanced Member
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Posted - 03/30/2007 : 05:25:51 AM
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| Is it really feasible to have a detail 5 nights a week, 52 weeks a year? What's the cost difference between that & the civilian staff? Which will be most effective? |
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Bobby
Senior Member
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Posted - 03/30/2007 : 08:43:18 AM
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| My point is that we would only need half of the Police as opposed to the civilian staff and let them use their cruisers so that they would cover more ground than on foot. The pay allotted would be doubled for the patrolman as opposed to the civilians. Yes we would have the added expense of using the cruisers BUT we wouldn't have to provide any of the other perks like health insurance, 401K's, etc... as you would with MORE city staff. |
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EverettsPride
Advanced Member
1140 Posts |
Posted - 03/30/2007 : 09:58:46 AM
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I wish options like that had come up in the past. Seems like it is too late now to consider other options that may have saved the city some money.
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justme
Advanced Member
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Posted - 03/30/2007 : 6:24:59 PM
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| Sorry, I just can't agree. I think civilian enforcement is the right thing to do. |
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Lynda
Advanced Member
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Posted - 03/30/2007 : 8:12:25 PM
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| justme, I think that it is just a matter of time before one of these enforcers get jumped. Let's face it I wouldn't walk these streets after dark never mind midnight till dawn. |
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justme
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Posted - 03/30/2007 : 9:14:38 PM
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I wouldn't either! I don't like going out after dark & always drive with the the doors locked.
You're probably right about them getting jumped, but the police weren't getting it done & it really is impractical as a detail. That could possibly work on a short term basis, but definitely not as a permanent thing.
The parking problem isn't going to go away and enforcement is needed. Not just the resident sticker program, all the parking violations. I'm tired of not being able to see because cars are parked on corners and when it's a tight fit for me in my compact car, I always wonder how the h*ll a fire truck is supposed to do it!
Then there's also the stupid parking ordinances that don't help anything. Have you ever noticed how many one way streets have one sided parking while the same size (width) two way streets have parking on both sides? What are these people thinking? Driving in this city is frequently like playing chicken and I'm just getting too damn old for it! |
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