Pretty Clear-cut revenue producer running a ramp-light. It's much more costly to apprehend drug dealers on the street corner. Our judicial system doesn't impose a very stiff penalty on them. Apparently, you're more of a "threat" running a red light than you are dealing drugs and toting a gun :)
Dennis Plante
Jordan
>From: "Leurquin, Ronald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [Mpls] No more crime?
>Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 08:40:53 -0500
>
>I need to vent a bit. Forgive me.
>As our fine city debates cutting police, fire, etc.
>This very morning the worst crimes in Northeast Mpls were people running the
>ramp meters.
>How wonderful that I live in such a Utopia.
>If that's all the force could find for that man to do why don't they put him
>on another shift where he is needed more.
>Is it impossible to put these officers to work on worse crimes than running
>ramp meters?
>Maybe running red lights, even?
>
>Ronald Leurquin
>Waite Park
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