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I don't live in Charlotte, but I think CMPD is doing something right.
Yes, there are certain neighborhoods where crime is up (N Tryon & Hickory Grove for instance), but OVERALL, incidents are down, and down big time. Yes, the media will always hype one of those random freak bad incidents in upscale neighborhoods, but those incidents are very rare.
Many may not like to hear that for various reasons (not liking the commish or not believing it or whatever your beef is) but it is what it is....
VCU did not take back the degree. I don't recall reading anything saying he would go back to school to "earn it". This is something for people who don't approve of the guy to complain about. He has a 30 year career in law enforcement and appears to be highly respected by his peers. And this has nothing to do with the OP. I don't people passing off blatantly false statements as fact.
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Originally Posted by Chromekitty
They did award it to him but then also admitted thst they did so improperly as he did NOT earn it.....
VCU did not take back the degree. I don't recall reading anything saying he would go back to school to "earn it". This is something for people who don't approve of the guy to complain about. He has a 30 year career in law enforcement and appears to be highly respected by his peers. And this has nothing to do with the OP. I don't people passing off blatantly false statements as fact.
Perhaps you should research this.....people were fired and some resigned over this degree issue at VCU. No one is passing off a false statement, perhaps you can do your own research or read the link I posted.
when several charges are reduced to one crime, it's easy to say crime is down. I don't buy it. Read the paper and see the wild stuff that goes on daily by repeat ,repeat offenders. They are actually revising laws to give criminals less time
The North Carolina General Assembly recently passed some new legislation that will substantially alter sentencing and correction laws presently in effect. Due to these recent changes, effective for all offenses committed on or after December 1, 2011, we are providing this synopsis along with a link to the entire bill: House Bill 642
* Substantial Change #1: Most habitual felons must be given shorter sentences
* Substantial Change #2: All felons will have a period of post-release supervision
* Substantial Change #3: Four state prisons will be closed; no new prisons will be opened
* Substantial Change #4: Creation of a “habitual breaking and entering status offender”
* Substantial Change #5: Judges can no longer revoke a defendant’s probation and send them to prison for most violations of probation
Crime is down... the people who watch the news religiously or have negative views of the police dept. won't believe it becuase it doesn't suit their agenda.
The news shows the same crime over and over again but when yu look at the big picture Charlotte isn't nearly as bad as some believe.
I don't live in Charlotte, but I think CMPD is doing something right.
Yes, there are certain neighborhoods where crime is up (N Tryon & Hickory Grove for instance), but OVERALL, incidents are down, and down big time. Yes, the media will always hype one of those random freak bad incidents in upscale neighborhoods, but those incidents are very rare.
Many may not like to hear that for various reasons (not liking the commish or not believing it or whatever your beef is) but it is what it is....
Cut them a break already...
Cut them a break indeed. Give credit where credit is due. One of the main reasons crime has improved is because Monroe implemented a strategy that heavily emphasized "patrolling". Before he got here, when things were like the wild wild west around here, me and my frineds used to always say you never saw police anywhere unless something bad happened. Now, you see them riding around everywhere, all the time. That stategy has obviously worked.
Read the original quote I responded to. That might help before we continue this back and forth. He didn't lie about having a degree. One was conferred by VCU. Period. He has met the city requirement as the degree is valid. Period. Nothing you posted said he lied or that he did not have a valid degree. That should be the end of the discussion.
Whether VCU should have or should not have given him the degree is not the subject of this discussion or my point. They did.
This is really one of the things that is wrong with society when it comes to having a discussion. You can't change the facts to suit your point. You can think he received preferential treatment. You can think he did it deliberately and hoped no one noticed, you can think that the school did it because they wanted to show him as an alumni. You can think is was a comedy of errors and incompetence. You can say that 6 units in residence shouldn't matter? But you can't say that he lied about having a degree that was conferred as if he lied on his resume. And you can't say he doesn't have one as if the school took it back. Can we get back to the actual discussion?
And for the record, I never felt unsafe in Charlotte. I do however, see an increased police presence when I am out and about.
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Originally Posted by Chromekitty
Perhaps you should research this.....people were fired and some resigned over this degree issue at VCU. No one is passing off a false statement, perhaps you can do your own research or read the link I posted.
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