Apr 03 2008
Dilworth Residents To Pay Out of Pocket For Better Police Protection
CHARLOTTE — Residents fed up with two recent robberies came together in the Dilworth neighborhood, agreeing to pay for extra police patrols on their own.
Neighbors agreed to give a $1,000 donation to Dilworth’s Crime Coalition Committee. It is hoped that the money will help add an additional off-duty CMPD officer, and comes shortly after a couple was assaulted and robbed on Worthington Avenue, and a woman was assaulted and had her purse snatched in Dilworth.
Whoa there, stop the presses!
Why are the people living in Dilworth paying out of their own pockets to obtain extra policemen for their neighborhood? Is this not one of the most basic functions of local government? We are talking about the City of Charlotte, a city with a budget of $1.61 billion. The city government is not capable of providing an appropriate police force on a billion and a half dollar budget? Perhaps if the city hadn’t spent $260 million on the Bobcats Arena for an NBA basketball team that nobody goes to see? Just a thought….
