Pubdate: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 Source: Richmond News (CN BC) Copyright: 2002, Lower Mainland Publishing Group Inc. Contact: http://www.richmond-news.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1244 Author: Adrian Wade Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis - Canada) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?137 (Needle Exchange) CITY NEEDS MORE POLICE OFFICERS, NOT LESS To the editor, (Re: Staff and service cuts.) I was horrified to read that city council is considering cutting our police. Apparently someone in the braintrust at city hall thinks that giving pink slips to four RCMP officers will actually save Richmond $200,000. What are they smoking? Don't they realize how much criminal activity costs our community? We have street racing. We have grow-ops and dealers selling drugs outside our schools, and the feds think our drugs problem serious enough to make Richmond its needle-exchange pilot project. We have break and enters, car thefts, and gang-related violence. We need more, not less, brave RCMP officers and they need to know that this community is behind them. Adrian Wade, Richmond - --- MAP posted-by: Terry Liittschwager