tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post116222901840858437..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Cities' safety scored: Border, Dallas burbs rank high in TexasGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1162295993479862232006-10-31T05:59:00.000-06:002006-10-31T05:59:00.000-06:00Here's one I've never understood: Dallas has actua...Here's one I've never understood: Dallas has actual public safety problems yet their offficers AGGRESSIVELY write jaywalking tickets downtown - misplace resources much? They also spend a big chuk of their staff time chasing false burglar alarms, as I recall.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1162259928762068402006-10-30T19:58:00.000-06:002006-10-30T19:58:00.000-06:00McAllen is pretty but I remember a few years back ...McAllen is pretty but I remember a few years back being surrounded by McAllen's finest a couple of years ago and them trying to "talk" me into a charge even though I did nothing. I'll take Dallas.<BR/><BR/>Dallas isn't as safe because our police are stretched thin b/c a lot of elected officials are busy talking about crime and doing little about it.Michael Davis-Dallas Progresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00831025960436600726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1162240484277766552006-10-30T14:34:00.000-06:002006-10-30T14:34:00.000-06:00"Wichita Falls didn't fare so well."Whaddya mean, ..."Wichita Falls didn't fare so well."<BR/><BR/>Whaddya mean, Cat, it's better than Lubbock! ;)<BR/><BR/>Really casts a different light on all the hyped border crime, doesn't it? A lot to think about, perhaps, as far as what it means for state law enforcement deployment, grants to sheriffs at the border, etc.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1162238653552137102006-10-30T14:04:00.000-06:002006-10-30T14:04:00.000-06:00yikes - Wichita Falls didn't fare so well.yikes - Wichita Falls didn't fare so well.Catonyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06388517503945911587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1162232142582147942006-10-30T12:15:00.000-06:002006-10-30T12:15:00.000-06:00Wehew! Go Dallas...we rank higher than all of ya'...Wehew! Go Dallas...we rank higher than all of ya'll! Wait, that's bad? Damn!Mike Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18111524970633256292noreply@blogger.com