--- popman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
"The biggest reason why we don't have a greater crime rate is because this city doesn't have the hard attitude of big cities like LA / NYC / Chicago. We have more educational opportunities here in relation to the population, which softens attitudes. The cops in those other cities make $40k and some make LESS!" Is this an example of where Russ uses his "common sense" rather than bother with statistics? It appears so. I can't speak about LA or Chicago but cops in NYC do NOT make $40k or less. The starting salary for a cop in NYC is $44,000 and the average salary after five years is $77,000. As for our problems being less than those in larger cities, you are only slightly less likely to be murdered or attacked in St. Paul than in NY. And you are far more likely to be burglarized in St. Paul than in NY. http://www.bestplaces.net/crime/crime.aspx?Lcity=2758000&Rcity=3651000&= This notion that St. Paul is a small town with small town problems may have been true 25 years ago. As the recent murders and gang activity have shown, it isn't anymore. We may be a bit behind Minneapolis in this regard but I suspect we'll catch up soon. It's certainly legitimate to question how well we are being served by our police force but let's try to get our facts straight first. Charlie Swope Ward 1 ------------------------------------------------- JOIN the St. Paul Issues Forum TODAY: http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ ------------------------------------------------- POST MESSAGES HERE: [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/
