HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-26-2000 ArticlesIowa City Press Citizen - September 17, 2000 - p. 10A
letter of'
the week
Police could have
prevented attack
· After reading the agdcle
~ Sept. 7 about the couple
z~acked in the Pede~
Mall, I ann absolutely livid.
: Where were all of the
i~lice? On a Thursday a~ 2
m you'd find at le~zt tluee
ql' four, ~f not more. A~ 8:30
[~obebkv in a bar scouting -
for tmderage ,d~inker~
(~-cording to todays paper
t~ seems to be the ~ole
cus of the police force).
l am also livid thai, in a
wn ivhere we enjoy a rein-
~y low crime rote, this
3ry w~ not front p~ge
,ws the day afinr it hap-
,ned but instead finds
~J~ on the third page of
~e pm)er a week later
only offic~ quote
a t~nd of random
downtown. So? The
0~' bthge drinking h~
ne dow~ al the University
[owe. I don't see the trend
alcohol-related arreste .
,v~g down. But since
· e is no t~nd of random
~, no investigation is in
ler? TI~ is ridiculou~
Ev~ne ~muld be livid
~ our police are mom
~ in ~,i~F~ng unde~
~ clrinkem doing no i~ra
~2ipeople, and donl even
t in t~uble for it I'm not
ly livid, I'm ~caved for the
xu'~ of this tovnt
Police Review Board,
iere are you?
' l~le Forbes
low~ City
Mn pu~i~/~e~ a fe~tun~
,~rit$Sect~_ on the basis of
inO quality, unusual
~itivn or timdy topic.
k80, Io~va City, Iowa
~,~4; fax ~o (~19) 834-
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