This is a common thing I hear from residents all over Sioux Falls, not just lower income neighborhoods;
Sandy thinks more should and could be done.
“As a recent transplant to South Dakota from Nebraska, I’m deeply disappointed by the apparent lack of initiative from local law enforcement in addressing the issues plaguing this area. Listening to police briefings only raises more concerns. Every response seems to be, ‘I don’t know’ or ‘I’ll have to look into that.’ I’m tired of the vague answers. I want clear solutions and a solid plan of action. Enough is enough. It’s time for real accountability and results. Sioux Falls deserves better.”
I warned several councilors and the media that once those scanners go silent all pertinent and relative information coming from the SFPD will end. Trust me, it wasn’t that great before the scanners went silent, but it is 10x worse now. Take Dunham Park incident for instance referenced in the above article. The next day at the briefing the police seemed to know very little, which seemed odd to me because every place I went to someone had a different version of the story.
This is the OTHER problem with closed government. If you don’t tell the public what is going on they will make up their own version of the story. Years ago when the directors didn’t run away from me like I was on fire, one walked up to me after a meeting quite irate and says, “That post you did today about the zoning issue was completely off base and wrong.” I said, “Oh, okay, I can update and correct it. Can you give me the proper information and documentation?” They just grunted and walked away.
Disinformation is worse then NO information. Rumors and gossip gets circulated because you can’t be honest with the public. And it is just NOT the SFPD it is most city departments being led by a militant closed government administration that WORKS at keeping information from the public.
The best way to solve a crime is to get everyone on board with the investigation. Tell us what you know and whey you know it. You never know, a random ‘Sandy’ might just help you solve your crimes. Common sense Chief Thum, Common F’ing sense!
Not random, not random enough…. Rap-in Randy…. OH, it’s the Thumster solving some crimes…. Grabbing some DNA, taking the bullet fragments…. The Thumster, not rapid enough…. Far too random…..:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEoo2SnRcWk
You can thank AJ at Tea Storm “Chasers” for the scanners going closed. They really had no choice with him showing up and livestreaming events as they were happening.
“But we also have to take a special look at people who are specializing in trafficking stolen guns, making stolen guns a priority …”
Somehow Thum rationalizes this to mean that there is necessary a legislative remedy from Pierre (i.e. tougher law for trafficking stolen guns).
Balderdash! Guns are stolen during the commission of petty property crimes, the type of crime which our police department seems to have developed allergy against enforcement. People roam the streets all night long committing these petty crimes in order to steal pocket change and personal belongings which can be parlayed for quick cash … and the more-than-occasional hand gun.
When was the last time that our police force caught a perp red-handed in commission of one of these petty crimes and they were forced to release them because “Pierre hasn’t written a law against which the state’s Attorney can prosecute”?
Chief Thum, let’s make a priority the enforcement actions against those engaged in petty theft crimes during which hand guns are stolen. You have clever officers who have figured out how to ride around in school buses in order to write citations for use of mobile phones/devices while driving in the City. Certainly they can devise ways to capture a few perps while in commission of petty property crimes.
Home Rule Charter allows for dictatorial rule. Good cops want to do the right thing with proper investigation and record keeping. These barely show up and brush everything off. Radio silence is a form of evidence disguise. Why don’t SF Police have body cameras? Police chiefs in other cities are represented clean shaven and sharp uniforms. It’s how they command respect. This chief looks homeless. Are these police or private vigilantes? The City of Sioux Falls regularly violates citizen constitutional rights. It’s time for State and Federal intervention. Give us liberty or give us Trump.
Me thinks the police are still butt hurt over the Tuthill Ghost incident and the unwillingness to talk about the BLM “riot” result of weapons being stolen during their poor handling of the event. Tea Storm Chasers did the job a media organization is supposed to do. The unqualified guy supposedly running the town as mayor is afraid to let anyone see what is happening. Everything about ElevenHaken is smoke and mirrors. If you don’t have the smoke reported, there was never a fire.
they are sending a bus load of haitians from fargo to eat our pets. I saw it on tv.