tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post4800448290682034464..comments2024-02-24T05:11:30.646-06:00Comments on The Director's Desk: Fewer than expectedTom Casadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188041481309059441noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-42088055360937767492007-11-18T14:44:00.000-06:002007-11-18T14:44:00.000-06:00I've talked to several people about getting their ...I've talked to several people about getting their permits. I "heard" there was only one instructor and that the waiting list was very long. I think people are waiting to see what changes with the process.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-41587636890211486932007-11-08T22:28:00.000-06:002007-11-08T22:28:00.000-06:00The gnomes obviously want to be in custody, becaus...The gnomes obviously <I>want</I> to be in custody, because if they didn't, they'd all slip out of there. You've got to understand, gnomes are incredibly skilled at making, modifying, and manipulating complex mechanical devices. Even if you had a pair of cuffs small enough, they'd defeat the lock as soon as your back was turned. Detention cell door lock? They'd be out of there like water through a net. <BR/><BR/>Someone must be bringing in some kind of food that they like, and that's causing them to hang around. They like Chex Mix quite a bit.<BR/><BR/>By the way, has the armorer started losing spare parts yet? Springs, screws, that kind of thing? If so, it's a good bet who has them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-25807206889560121022007-11-08T19:21:00.000-06:002007-11-08T19:21:00.000-06:00Roaming gnomes!<A HREF="http://www.ktvz.com/Global/story.asp?S=7298290" REL="nofollow">Roaming gnomes!</A>Tom Casadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03188041481309059441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-68045239252854095172007-11-08T18:41:00.000-06:002007-11-08T18:41:00.000-06:00Speaking of lawn ornament thefts ... http://www.kt...Speaking of lawn ornament thefts ... http://www.ktvz.com/Global/story.asp?S=7298290 (I don't know how to put a link in here).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-72206200502984488602007-11-05T12:55:00.000-06:002007-11-05T12:55:00.000-06:00It's likely that plea-bargaining prosecutors and l...It's likely that plea-bargaining prosecutors and lenient-sentencing judges should take a lot of the credit for any general increase in violent crime, as could parole boards under pressure to empty cells, and local elected officials that prioritize their own re-election above public safety.<BR/><BR/>I've read your quite understandable frustration over things like 6-for-1 plea deals before. Every time I read that someone in Lancaster County has been charged with a serious violent felony, I look them up on the <A HREF="http://dcs-inmatesearch.ne.gov/Corrections/COR_input.html" REL="nofollow">Nebraska Inmate Locator</A> and at the <A HREF="http://lincoln.ne.gov/cnty/attorn/ccase.htm" REL="nofollow">Lancaster County Attorney</A>. I recommend that all news readers do that. The vast majority of the time, you'll see the arrestee has a long list of dismissed and reduced charges, even serious violent felonies reduced to misdemeanors, 6-10 year sentences that really meant paroled in 2 or 3, and so forth. Violent felons re-offend at such a high rate. They don't call them "career" criminals for nothing, and once out on parole, most of them get right back to that career.<BR/><BR/>A larger Nebraska city has a <A HREF="http://www.areaconnect.com/crime/compare.htm?c1=lincoln&s1=NE&c2=omaha&s2=NE" REL="nofollow">much higher murder rate</A> than ours, so we can see a much larger sample there. From looking the victims up over time (on the Nebraska Inmate Locator), a significant majority of those murder victims seem to be previously convicted felons, and a significant majority of their murders are committed in one small region of that city. Looking at that chart, you might think Lincoln has more rapes, burglaries, thefts, and assaults - but it just looks that way, because victims in that other city are far less likely to report those crimes, perhaps due to a cultural distrust of law enforcement, or a fear of retribution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-80954469329416525662007-11-05T08:54:00.000-06:002007-11-05T08:54:00.000-06:00Wasn't the individual in the Waverly incident from...Wasn't the individual in the Waverly incident from Omaha? Have there been any incidents by Lincoln carry-conceal permit holders? Just wondering. In the media frenzy prior to the passing of the carry-conceal law there was a lot of doom and gloom, blood in the streets, Dodge City type of predictions. Has there been any of this type of incident? -- a concerned carry-conceal permit holder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com