Give The Gang Unit Time To Show Their Stuff

By Ben Meisner

The very first thing that you don’t do, regardless of how you really feel, is say that you're happy with the result.

That was the case in the Maclean’s recent story placing Prince George as Canada’s number 1 dangerous city in the country.

Police spokesperson Const Lesley Smith, took the time on Wednesday to suggest that the information is a good new story in that it shows just what the police agencies have been doing in this city to combat crime. As one poster recently wrote on the story, she would do well in politics with that kind of line.

Of course we have a gang problem, gangs look at where the best business opportunities are and Prince George, with a better than average salary, with generally a blue collar working force and a tendency to be called a tad red neck, fits right in with the place to set up business and the gangs have.

Better to call a spade a shovel rather than try and portray it as a bat.

Mayor Dan took to the media conference to talk about what the real problem is in this city, poverty. He says the  poor and disadvantaged are  being preyed upon by gangs. 

We are a catchment area, we are a cesspool for every small community around us, not unlike Vancouver is the catchment area for the rest of the province.

We have only begun to specialize in the fighting of gangs in our area, with a special task force. 

Before we try to behead them, how about giving them a chance to show their stuff?

I’m Meisner and that’s one man’s opinion

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