I can appreciate that there is a safety element on highways or in heavily congested areas, but I don't understand this law applied so universally when many of these construction projects involve quiet residential streets and neighborhoods where orange cones can generally do the talking.<br>
<br>Really, how many of these are going on each day around the city? The numbers stack up.<br><br>You're right about the economy though; burglary obviously doesn't rank terribly high on the PPD's to-do list.<br>
<br>Emlyn<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 1:27 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cagenlaw@acagen.com">cagenlaw@acagen.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Patrols at construction sites are important, for both the construction workers the're protecting, and drivers who in their haste or carelessness might otherwise be part of a tragedy. The question is whether police officers are needed for the job or whether it can be done by someone else at a lower cost. I know that has been a debate raging in some Massachusetts communities.<br>
I'm wonderering what it would cost for people on a block or other small area to hire their own police details. I don't know if it makes economic sense or whether the city, as a matter of public policy, would supply the police details. (Should a better-off neighborhood be able to buy its owns additional police protection while a poorer neighborhood cannot afford to do so?)<br>
Given the difficult economy, I don't think the city is going to institute more patrols throughout the city's neighborhoods.<br>
Just wondering.<br>
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Andy Cagen<br>
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Andrew M. Cagen<br>
Attorney at Law<br>
PO Box 41604<br>
Providence, R.I. 02940<br>
Phone: <a href="tel:%28401%29%20529-7339" value="+14015297339" target="_blank">(401) 529-7339</a><br>
Fax: <a href="tel:%28401%29%20489-7542" value="+14014897542" target="_blank">(401) 489-7542</a><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Emlyn Addison wrote:<br>
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I'm sure I'm not the only person who finds this type of police response<br>
maddening. Our poor neighbors have had the wheels stolen off their car TWICE<br>
in 2 years and with all these theft reports on the SNA list I find the PPD's<br>
lack of motivation annoying.<br>
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We can expect to see a police officer faithfully sticking to his post (read:<br>
checking his phone for emails) at a street construction site all day, but<br>
when was the last time any of us saw a police patrol in this area?<br>
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Off-topic: There may have been a sensible precedent for requiring a police<br>
officer to be posted at a construction site on, say, a highway or a busy<br>
street that needed traffic control, but one has to wonder how many of these<br>
construction projects go on every day around the city where an officer is<br>
arguably just well-paid window dressing. As I understand it, when a<br>
construction company bids on a project (paid for by our taxes), they are<br>
required to include the cost of an officer (also paid for by our taxes). So<br>
let's put it to a vote: Would we rather be paying officers to pick their<br>
noses for 8 hours at dozens of constructions sites all over Providence every<br>
day, or patrolling the streets? Or is orange cone placement so vital that<br>
they couldn't possibly be spared?<br>
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Emlyn<br>
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From: Samantha Morse <<a href="mailto:cherrepaha@hotmail.com" target="_blank">cherrepaha@hotmail.com</a>><br>
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Subject: [Summit] Robbery on Burlington Street<br>
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My house on Burlington Street was robbed between 8:40 and 9:15 on Sunday<br>
morning (July 17). The person(s) jimmied a lock on our back, screened<br>
porch. They took our laptops and jewelry which they put in a canvas tote<br>
bag of ours. We believe that we were being watched.<br>
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Earlier in the week, I saw a late-model Mazda CX-7 or CX-9 silver SUV with<br>
Massachusetts plates scoping out our neighborhood. They were blocking my<br>
driveway with their car and clearly checking out my house. When I pulled-<br>
behind them with my car and beeped, they took off. There was a blonde<br>
woman<br>
driving and a white male with dark hair as the passenger. I'm not sure if<br>
the people in the car are the people who broke into my home but please call<br>
the police if you see this car driving very slowly around the neighborhood.<br>
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The police have been less than sympathetic and didn't even send anyone to<br>
fingerprint. A house on this street was robbed mid-day in the same manner<br>
at the end of April but the police don't seem very motivated. I know our<br>
neighborhood is a target, however.<br>
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I'd be happy to provide more details about what happened. I don't have a<br>
computer at this time so my phone is 521-2393.<br>
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Samantha Morse<br>
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