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
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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
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