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This Suggestion was offered to Phillyblock.com and send to just about every Public official. I don't want a pat on the back. I live and love this city just like you. No 15 minutes of fame wound stop people from dying. I submit again not to blog as a means to rip someone but, to do want I can to help. Please, blog let the politicians know, we are tired. Elections are apond us, they need all of us.

Mr. Pedro Dixon

Community Consultant

ppd3066@msn.com or

ppd3066@verizon.net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My Heart, Cheers and Prayers go out to anyone making our community a better place to live.

 

I have given many good years to my Community always for the betterment of it. I Support all of our Community Activist, Consultants, leaders and others who is willing to reach out to help.

 

I'm fully aware of the crime and other problems that’s a cancer in our communities. But, I became concerned with the choice of language and war zone types of descriptions in describing our communities. Most of the wonderful people here are still trying to do something to make things better.

 

It’s truly hard for me to believed our Schools, Volunteers of Community Programs, Scouting, Social Programs, Community Coordinators, Street Coordinators from Lunch to Block Captains, Clergy and Visiting Ministers do not have so call REAL MEN. (meaning people)

 

Again, I strongly feel we need eyes and ears to make our streets safe for all our citizens.

 

But, I stated at most of our community meetings (every time).  1. We need to understand the problem 2. We need to isolate the problem and 3. We need neutralized the problem

 

Until we do this we will always have these problems in our communities.

 

 

 

UNDERSTANDING:  just like water flow down hill so does trouble. We must find the               

 

                                     source; try to work with the problem to see what we can do.

 

                                     Maybe the person or people need some counseling or even a job

 

                                     a steering program may help instead of jail.

 

 

 

ISOLATION:               remove the persons or people from the situation; the street, a home

 

                                     A bad relation with the help of City Services or Mediation Services

 

                                     instead of jail.

 

 

 

NEUTRALIZED:         this can and should happen only when the above mentioned have been

 

                                      applied. Jail should be a last answer to the problem, not the first.

 

 

 

One example:                a Patrolling Officer arrested a male after he or she was

 

                                     gambling or consuming alcohol on our streets. A Mediator 

 

                                     should talk to the person finding out What and Why? A stern

 

                                     warning to the person should be given while this situation is

 

                                     being handled by the City Mediators. The person is told not

 

                                     to get caught again or they will go directly to jail. City Mediator,

 

                                     DHS, Job Banks, Probation and Justice Center could work

 

                                     with the Parents and Minors or Adults in helping to resolve to

 

                                     neutralized this problem. Giving back to community through

 

                                     community services, volunteering with a community base

 

                                     organization and even working with our clergy throughout the

 

                                     community. The City Mediator could request DHS, Social Services or even 

 

                                     City Services to a person’s home, if that is where the problem may

 

                                     Be.

 

 

 

Chasing drug dealers, drug users, children with a behavioral problem and yes, even prostitutes from corner to corner cannot and will never solve any problems. It only creates another problems for another part of our communities.   

 

Our Street Observers or Town Watch people should just report the situation not be a Police Officer.

 

It only stands to reason. A Police Officer has problems approaching these people with Mace, Nightsticks, Protection Vest and guns also they get shot at. I find them to be more of a REAL MAN, than you being a dead fool.

 

I agree, leave the Policing to the Police. Come out in Support of your community letting the bad guys know we are watching and will call the Police.  But, if we keep telling the bad guy and the Media that we live in Iraq not even your mother is safe here. We are sending more and more invitations the bad gays to come in and setup shop.

 

It doesn’t take a 100? REAL MEN, 1000? REAL MEN, 100,000? REAL MEN. (Meaning people)

 

It takes a good Community Base Program under good Directorship mentioned above to rid us of these problems.

 

                                                      
                             Pedro Dixon

 

                                                      
                             Community Consultant – (retired)

 

Excused my letter please, my vision is impaired.

 

                                                      
                                                       
                         rev. 4/14/07 pd