Thread: San Jose community leaders ask police for crime prevention

Got to love how far this sanctuary city will go to appease the illegal community!!

Article:

One time or another, these downtown San Jose residents have seen it: Young men harassed by police, neighbors shot dead in the streets and illicit drugs rampantly abused.

Tired of the constant violence and the growing distrust between police and residents, this community decided to do something about it.

At a Tuesday night town-hall meeting inside the overflowing Sacred Heart Community Service, community leaders asked police brass and City Hall to assign crime-prevention specialists at the Alma Community Center or Washington United Youth Center -- and police agreed.

Crime-prevention specialists will now be stationed two days a week at one of the community centers in those neighborhoods, a move aimed at improving relations with police. This action does not require additional resources but instead redirects the existing specialists to the more troublesome areas.

"I see how important it is for the police and the community to work together these days," said San Jose police Capt. J.R. Gamez, who is charge of the western division that includes these neighborhoods.

When city and police leaders announced the action, more than 200 residents at the meeting erupted into a chant of "Si, se puede."

"It is obvious there is a lot of frustration and concern, but it is also obvious there is a lot of love for the community," Councilman Sam Liccardo said at the start of the meeting.

As part of the pilot program, Liccardo agreed to work with the community to evaluate its effectiveness, while acting police Chief David Cavallero said the department would meet with residents to improve community-police relations.

In the past year, city officials have slashed crime-prevention programs and eliminated the community services unit.

Tuesday's action comes at a time when two-thirds of residents in those low-income neighborhoods revealed in a community survey that they were not reporting crimes despite the ever-present problem of gangs, street fights and drug sales.

In that same survey, 85 percent said they were afraid of police because they don't speak the same language and don't know the police officers in their neighborhood.

"I don't know who to fear more -- the gang members or the police," resident Lucy Cadillo said. "If we can work together with police, things could be different."

Another resident, Eva Torres, recounted how police failed to help her from an abusive partner. "We need to feel the police are there to protect us," she said.

http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_16747124

Let's see - break the law coming here illegally and then demand police protection.

In that same survey, 85 percent said they were afraid of police because they don't speak the same language

Their solution to that problem is to demand the police learn Spanish. My solution is to 1) go home 2) learn English.

PLEASE TAKE NEW ACTION ON DREAM ACT HERE:


http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-219869.html