Tait: I have in the past always been happy with my service with the Saint Paul Police and have always been careful not to overblow a situation. I will do exactly as you have instructed.
My other concern is this. In an age when we have the ability to have complaints of this nature sent to a call center, I fail to see why there is no way to leave this information over the phone with a trained call center person, who could then pass it on to an officer or group of officers in the area as an FYI. My biggest concern was that of the safety of the kids and others in the neighborhood that could become potential targets of this person who apparently has no respect for the stop signs. I know that it is a low priority, but there should be a more efficient way of desseminating information to the force as a whole for their briefings than to make a citizen wait forever for someone to just take the report. Anyone with the typing skills and a keen ability to communicate that facts should be able to make short order of this without bothering an officer, and yet still getting it in the system for review. I will contact those that you have suggested, and make my suggestion to them. Thank you. BTW: My son has the same name as you, spelled the same way and the only other Taits I have seen spelled this way are Tait ( A Christian Musical Artist from the group DC Talk and Oliver North's daughter. Pamela Ellison Como Park Saint Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "District 7 Planning Council" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 2:23 PM Subject: [StPaul] City services/ Police > Dear Pam Ellison, > > I sympathize with your difficulties concerning the police station. It sounds like an extremely frustrating experience. Allow me to offer a few suggestions. > > With regards to your obnoxious and might I say, dangerous teen. You did the right thing by getting his license plate. The next step is calling the non-emergency number and waiting for an officer (which you did). I'm not sure why the dispatcher told you to go downtown (as far as I know, she should not have done that). Since the call is such a low priority it can take a long time for someone to show up. Keep in mind the operator is not the dispatcher. The opperator sends, via computer, the call request and the dispatcher decides when the call is sent to an officer. Once the officer is given the call, he must go to the location immediately and it will take as long as it takes to get from point A to point B. The dispatcher is the person in control and they will gage the severity of calls. If there are numerous calls coming in that are more serious than yours, it could take hours before you see an officer. > > I suggest an alternative. Get to know your Senior Commander or one of his subordinate Commanders. There are three Police Districts in St. Paul, Western, Central and Eastern. You said you live in Como, so I will assume you live in Western District. Your Command structure is as follows: > Senior Commander: Tom Smith: 266-5526 > Patrol Commander: Tyrone Strickland: 266-5533 > Investigations Commander: Mike Morehead: 266-5528 > > Call one of these officers and tell them your story. Be calm and kind and I promise they will be most helpful. They will work with you to solve your problem. > > I hate to see this sad experience ruin your view of the St. Paul Police. I've worked with them on many issues over the years and I think we have the best and the brightest team in the country. > > Good Luck. If you need any more assistance, please call your local District Council 644-3889 (Como District 10) or call me at 848-2002. > > Tait A. Danielson > Organizer District 7 and > West 7th Neighbor > > > > > > > > > > > This is an open exchange of information. All e-mails on this list will remain confidential. If you wish to be removed from this list, please reply with the word "remove" in the subject heading. Thank you for participating - District 7 Planning Council > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! > _____________________________________________ > To Join: St. Paul Issues Forum Rules Discussion > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _____________________________________________ > NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul > > Archive Address: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/ > _____________________________________________ To Join: St. Paul Issues Forum Rules Discussion Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
