Chief of Police report flew by. Basically violent crime is down and the department is trying to combat homelessness by allowing people to shelter in any police precinct. A story was related about a man who died in his car trying to stay warm with a propane heater. - ThreadSky

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eichenhorn.bsky.social • 4 days ago

Chief of Police report flew by. Basically violent crime is down and the department is trying to combat homelessness by allowing people to shelter in any police precinct. A story was related about a man who died in his car trying to stay warm with a propane heater.

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eichenhorn.bsky.social•4 days ago

Commissioner Bernard praised the DPDs response to the recent death of two children from exposure due to being unhoused. She related that Comm'r Darryl Woods personally paid for the funeral of the children

eichenhorn.bsky.social•4 days ago

Comm'r Woods responded that he wished that fact had remained private, and went on to further praise Chief Bettison and the department.

eichenhorn.bsky.social•4 days ago

Comm'r Banks just added the chief's rep for a job for a pal. Felt odd. I'll try and look into it

eichenhorn.bsky.social•4 days ago

Moving on to public comment. First commenter was from Ravendale and had issues with the Traveler's Inn, which everyone in the meeting seems to know is a hotbed of seediness and crime.

eichenhorn.bsky.social•4 days ago

Next commenter lamented the state of care in the city, and expressed her sadness at the death of the children in the recent incident

eichenhorn.bsky.social•4 days ago

The next commenter notes that the database used to track officers who have been convicted of a crime or of misconduct has been shut down by the Trump admin. She said it is incumbent on the community to make sure bad cops aren't just shuffled around.

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