Criminals have it figured out, so why don’t we?
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Apparently some residents of Cincinnati’s violence-prone Over-the-Rhine neighborhood are concerned that Cincinnati Police won’t be able to effectively patrol the area without the help of Hamilton County sheriff’s deputies, who ceased patrols in the area in December, although police officials insist that they “have the staffing, and the police presence is there.”
But the number of police present in the area means nothing if those officers are unable to properly enforce the law, a reality criminals seem to have figured out long ago. Last August, the Enquirer reported that deputies inspired a tougher environment for crime in a neighborhood accustomed to more passive law enforcement. As a result, violent crime decreased by twenty-three percent in the patrol zone.
