tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post722995460023270847..comments2024-02-24T05:11:30.646-06:00Comments on The Director's Desk: The hidden cost of airport parkingTom Casadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188041481309059441noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-87799301668418407082007-05-09T21:17:00.000-05:002007-05-09T21:17:00.000-05:00By the way, ictalurus punctatus, I'll forget the s...By the way, ictalurus punctatus, I'll forget the spelling, but for the record, I grew up in Keokuk, IA on this <A HREF="http://www.shootnhunt.com/catalog/JM/bait_pork_rind/catfish_charlie_bait_and_pork_rind/index.html" REL="nofollow"> delicacy!</A>Tom Casadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03188041481309059441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-76099639368403672422007-05-09T10:33:00.000-05:002007-05-09T10:33:00.000-05:00Chief, you forgot to add in the cost finding, back...Chief, you forgot to add in the cost finding, backgrounding, training, and equipping new toll collectors to replace those whom become burnt out and find greener pastures. The city looses all of that investment and starts over from square one. Working at or below minimum every night is what turns that officers smile upside down. I'm for taking the funny looking bicycles off corners and replacing them with more cops. It would make everybodys day a little brighter in the end.Ictalurus punctatus cophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15592970299662055733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-38327701216862062062007-05-09T09:06:00.000-05:002007-05-09T09:06:00.000-05:00Get after them Tom. The new Mayor ran teh add cam...Get after them Tom. The new Mayor ran teh add campaigns to be tough on crime and Meth. The addage of doing more with less in law enforcement has gone the way of police phones on the corner. I think the city has hit its limit of the number of call ins the department receives to the number of officers who respond. I listen to the scanner and it seems officers are going from call to call to call. <BR/><BR/>I know you want more officers, and I'm preaching to the choir. Keep fighting for more bodies and use the current technologies you have instead of buying more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-75867801676328406672007-05-09T07:22:00.000-05:002007-05-09T07:22:00.000-05:00Sorry to disappoint you, anonymous 5:02. We're in ...Sorry to disappoint you, anonymous 5:02. We're in the middle of budget discussions with the new administration this week, and the topic of adding/cutting police officers is a hot one--particularly internally. The City is facing a deficit right now that will require cutting $9 million, and the cost of adding police officers is quite large.<BR/><BR/>While most mayors, city council members, and other city department directors know that I have pushed hard and consistently for increasing the size of the police department over the past 13 years, many people within the department don't know that--and almost everyone lacks any clear sense of the money involved in reaching a reasonable goal. As you can see from the first comment to this blog, it's a topic of great concern and interest to many of our officers.Tom Casadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03188041481309059441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-63511595136597969042007-05-09T07:02:00.000-05:002007-05-09T07:02:00.000-05:00Gee Chief, I read this post and had to read it twi...Gee Chief, I read this post and had to read it twice. What is the point you are making here. I know that many topics are available for your choosing. This one gets a low D on grade scale. All the others to this point were great and got all A+<BR/>No smile face today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-36009268403659280882007-05-09T06:50:00.000-05:002007-05-09T06:50:00.000-05:00It's good to see the cost. Now, I am curious what...It's good to see the cost. Now, I am curious what the cost to the city would be if on one of these nights we are below 'minimum', as we usually are, and God forbid, an Officer gets killed. I'm guessing the law suit against the city that will be made by the Officer's family, for the Officer being killed while the Dept is fuctioning under the set Minimum- The minimum number of Ofc's needed to work safely, efficiently on any given night,<BR/>Will be much higher than the cost to staff our Dept with the Ofc's we need. I also think that the city would think differently if they knew that at certain times, entire sections of the city are being protected by only 2 Ofc's..... Big city, small Police Dept....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com