We want to show our community that we are very serious about beefing up our department so we can better protect our citizens.

Crime is indiscriminate. It goes across the board, and it doesn't matter if you're the lieutenant governor or Joe Citizen.

There is way too much confusion about where exactly things are. The onus will now be on the media to decide where they want to say [a crime] happened.

I would propose that we have gone through all the efforts that you as a community have set up for neighborhoods to express their needs. We would like you to respect the fact that we have gone through this procedure correctly.

I don't care who it is, there are procedures that need to be followed. It has deprived the community of their right to speak ...

I think what we're finding is that for those who make less than 30-thousand dollars in our community, there are no alternatives.