re: Unsafe shopping centers in BR? -- Hobby Lobby on college drive

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my point was that it seems like maybe BRPD needs to start cleaning up the area somewhat.

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That area won't be cleaned up unless the city shuts down the halfway house near there. There's a guy who's running a private halfway house for addicts and homeless people. He provides them with a place to sleep and transportation to street corners around that area. They coordinate who will panhandle where so that the same person isn't begging at the same intersection 2 days in a row. It's a racket.

BRPD gives zero f&%ks about panhandlers, property crime, or violent crime. They only care about things that bring in revenue like speed traps, DUI checkpoints, inspection stickers, MIP's, open containers downtown, and drug busts that yield lots of contraband. They literally could not care less.

I once called them about a drive-by on my street (thankfully, no one was hurt) and they acted like coming out to investigate a shooting at 8:00pm on a week night was nothing but a HUUUUUUUGE inconvenience, and he did literally zero investigative work. The neighborhood found the shell casings and turned over the surveillance footage showing the cars involved and BRPD literally did nothing with it. I doubt they ever even looked at it. The car that did the shooting still drives through the neighborhood at night regularly. F&%k those lazy, incompetent bastards.