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alcitizens 
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Posted on: Jul. 02 2009,12:27 am |
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Why does Albert Lea need more Police employees than other cities?
From: Alea Citizen [mailto:alcitizens@live.com]
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 6:07 PM
To: (Leaders)
Albert Lea can easily make cuts from a police force that is tripping over each other. Here is the 2008 Crime Risk Index for the City of Albert Lea. We average 2 law enforcement officers per 1000 people. With our low crime rate, we only need 1 to 1.5 law enforcement officers per 1000 people. Please don't raise our property taxes.
Respectfully, AL Citizens
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Subject: RE: 2008 Crime Risk Index/Albert Lea
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:19:33 -0500
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To: alcitizens@live.com
Albert Lea has 1.5 officers per 1000 people; not 2. It always helps to know your information before making false assumptions.
Approximately 18,500 citizens divided by 28 sworn officers = 1.5129/1000 citizens.
I should also note that many communities have many more non-sworn positions than we have (CSO’s, specialists).
Dwaine
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From: alcitizens@live.com
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 15:13:05 -0500
To: (Leaders)
Dear Citizens,
In the 2007 Uniform Crime Report (UCR) there was 29 Sworn Police employees and 10 Civil Police employees in Albert Lea, Total was 39. 39 divided by 18,500 population= 2.1 Police employees per 1000 people. Current population estimate is 17,389. 39 divided by 17,400 population= 2.24 Police employees per 1000 people. 2007 Minnesota Group V average was 1.6 Police employees per 1000 people. Why does Albert Lea need more Police employees than other cities?
Please don't raise property taxes.
Respectfully, AL Citizens
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2008 Uniform Crime Report (UCR) Page 112
http://www.bca.state.mn.us/CJIS/Documents/crime2008%5Cmci2008.pdf
2008 Crime Risk Index/Albert Lea
www.clrsearch.com/RSS/Demographics/MN/Albert_Lea/56007/Crime_Statistics
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Paul Harvey
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Posted on: Jul. 02 2009,1:48 am |
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Thank you. Excellent post and I agree wholeheartedly. 
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alcitizens
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Posted on: Jul. 02 2009,2:48 am |
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Thanks Mr. Harvey!! We can together make government cut government... Not raise taxes!!!
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Posted on: Jul. 02 2009,5:35 am |
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But... but... we NEED more police to make sure we're buckled up and to protect us from underage drinkers! 
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mncowgirl
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Posted on: Jul. 02 2009,10:49 am |
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heck its because of high property taxes that I can't afford to buy a house!!!!!!!!!! buying the house is easy to do, but paying the extra every month for the high taxes is what kills you! and now MN taxes went up AGAIN heck we might as well go back like the cave men did and live that way it might be cheaper!
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pantalonesverdes
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Posted on: Jul. 02 2009,12:15 pm |
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you mean:
"respectfully, Your neighborhood criminals"  I get a kick out of people who sign things in a way that makes it look like absolutely everyone is behind their ideas. There are places to save money, but I for one, am happy to pay for police and fire. When the poo hits the propeller, it is nice to have. Think Austin fire. I also compare it to not changing the oil in your car to save money... kind of a false sense of savings.
The other thing:
I listened to the scanner for not more than two minutes and I realized that people in Albert Lea (and probably much of the rest of the world) can't seem to work the smallest things out with their neighbors, get their kids to go to school or to bed, break up with girlfriends/boyfriends, or solve the most rudimentary civil concerns without police assistance. I would focus more on why our neighbors continue to strain the system. We want want want and no one seems to want to pay for it all. 
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Botto 82
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Posted on: Jul. 02 2009,1:04 pm |
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Why does Albert Lea have so many Paul Sparks fans?
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Common Sense For A.L.
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Posted on: Jul. 02 2009,4:36 pm |
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Why with the reduced hours for the library do they have so many employees? It seems a year ago they were open longer in the day and open sundays with fewer staff running around???
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