Questions about Spokane (credit, travel, jobs)

[Tcam]

Originally Posted by washinton native

the mcgruff reference was funny, really, it was. once again, the point i was attempting to make was i have to question the truthfulness of your statement that you've spoke with "a number of police planners" because there simply isn't a job that exists within police departments that carry such a title. also, one person doesn't assign where individual officers will be working and what crimes they'll be paying considerable attention to. many officers take this upon themselves and if there is a staff-wide effort to focus on one crime or jurisdiction, it's a team effort that goes into creating a strategy to diffuse situations.

Try googling Police Planner position to see how many positions hold that title I think you'll be enlightened - http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...r%22+positions

[washinton native]

Originally Posted by Tcam

Interesting - I posted Spokane & Tacoma , Spokane & Boise, and Spokane & Seattle. I don't believe with 3 comparisons I was attempting to confuse or deceive anyone.

I believe your original comparison was Spokane to Boise and that comparison isn't great because Boise is on a rapid growth path and isn't yet experiencing urban crime issues. Boise percent of population increase from 1990 to 2000 is 37% and Spokane's is only 9.8%. Spokane & Tacoma comparison is more reasonable.

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When you compare crime rates you have to look at the complete picture - I am still not providing a complete picture but I can say that the surface data says Spokane as an urban place is pretty save and after living here for almost 40 years I can say children play outside and we have a safe and lively night life.

You are far more likely to die in a car accident - Car Fatalities per 100,000 Population (the 'per capita' rate) 14.52, Spokane iwould then be 28 deaths http://www.driveandstayalive.com/inf.../stats-usa.htm - than you are to be murdered in Spokane. I'm certain that everyone will agree that they drive their car far more often than they put themselves in a situation where criminal harm can befall them.

tcam: "I don't believe with 3 comparisons I was attempting to confuse or deceive anyone."

sorry, i believe you were, or you just didn't get the point.

tcam: "I believe your original comparison was Spokane to Boise and that comparison isn't great because Boise is on a rapid growth path and isn't yet experiencing urban crime issues."

i believe your overview is sadly wrong. rapid growth usually means more crime and more urban crime, not less.

tcam: "When you compare crime rates you have to look at the complete picture - I am still not providing a complete picture but I can say that the surface data says Spokane as an urban place is pretty save and after living here for almost 40 years I can say children play outside and we have a safe and lively night life."

at a higher rate than los angeles and san diego when broken down per 100k? but if you feel that is safe, god bless.

tcam: "You are far more likely to die in a car accident - Car Fatalities per 100,000 Population (the 'per capita' rate) 14.52, Spokane iwould then be 28 deaths http://www.driveandstayalive.com/inf.../stats-usa.htm - than you are to be murdered in Spokane. I'm certain that everyone will agree that they drive their car far more often than they put themselves in a situation where criminal harm can befall them."

so you're saying you're twice as likely to die in a car wreck in spokane than you are in the rest of the country? really? thanks for the numbers.

tcam: "As urban places go Spokane is affordable, safe, clean and fun."

you will NOT make the hall of fame hitting 0-for-4.

and, yet one MORE time, putting TOTAL crime numbers up between seattle and spokane mean absolutely nothing as seattle is three times larger. if you list the numbers per 100k, you'll learn your numbers defeat the point you're attempting to make.

[washinton native]

Originally Posted by Tcam

Where do you reside - in one of your posts you claim to be an Ashland, Or native. "1/25/07 Washington Native thanks for stopping by ashland native."

You comment on TriCities, Spokane, Tacoma, etc. . . posts? Ashland OR has only 22,000 people. If you are in Ashland you are not living in an urban area but you are living in area where you are twice as likely to be forcibly raped than you are in Spokane.

wow, i did NOT thank myself for stopping by. i do NOT live in ashland, but thanks for stopping by SPOKANE native.

[washinton native]

[quote=Tcam;311308][quote=washinton native;295306]the mcgruff reference was funny, really, it was. once again, the point i was attempting to make was i have to question the truthfulness of your statement that you've spoke with "a number of police planners" because there simply isn't a job that exists within police departments that carry such a title. also, one person doesn't assign where individual officers will be working and what crimes they'll be paying considerable attention to. many officers take this upon themselves and if there is a staff-wide effort to focus on one crime or jurisdiction, it's a team effort that goes into creating a strategy to diffuse situations.

Try googling Police Planner position to see how many positions hold that title I think you'll be enlightened - http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...r%22+positions

yup, seems like an east coast thing. how is this relevant to what happens in spokane? call your pd and ask if they have a position.

[Tcam]

Spokane PD has 2.5 such positions.

[Tcam]

You missed the question - where do you reside?

[Tcam]

An exodus of jobs and a decrease in economic vitality are more related to crime than economic prosperity and suburban growth.

[possibleVAtransplant]

We are possibly moving to Washington from Virginia Beach, VA. My husband would be working about 65 miles west of Spokane, so we would need to live west in order to make his commute work. With that said, we would possibly be looking at Catholic or private schools in the Spokane area for our girls--grades 7 and 9. Can anyone tell us about the quality of the Catholic or private schools in Spokane and the area? Our questions are:
1) size
2) teacher/student ratio
3) availability of AP and honors classes
4) average SAT/ACT score of students
5) test scores for the middle schools
6) quality of religious programs--retreat opportunities?
7) into what colleges are the graduates accepted
Any info that anyone can give us would be very much appreciated.

[Earniefan]

You can find a lot of this info on greatschools.net. It gives teacher/student ratio's, test scores, an overall score for the school etc., for public, private, and parochial schools.

[metrospokane]

WN - Just to give everyone a better picture of your knowledge of the Spokane area, can you tell us again what years you lived here?