The Sun Sentinel brings our city to the forefront once again as one of the top most dangerous cities in Florida.
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#14. Lake Worth
Population: 35,788
Total number of crimes: 2,189
Chance of becoming a victim: 1 in 16">
Total number of crimes: 2,189
Chance of becoming a victim: 1 in 16">
In our case, slum and blight and the steady decline of our neighborhoods have attracted criminals. The PBSO has its hands full but for the most part, they seem to be reactive rather than proactive. Until we eradicate the slum and blight, these stats will not improve.
By this report for 2014, we rank 42nd most dangerous city in the COUNTRY.
Lynn your assessment of PBSO in Lake Worth seems so correct. They are reactive to most of the problems here. Citizens always have to go to them to do things or address issues. Too, many times when you go to the Capt. he makes you look bad for complaining, like you are the bad guy for bringing the issues to the forefront. They just are not present enough in the hood, they are cozy hanging at the beach or by the golf course, until a call comes in to pick up a dead body in the hood. They need to have more of a presence in the hood ALL THE TIME, not wait until something has happened there. They also need to work with the city better, call in when street lights are out, or when street signs are damaged or missing, they need to work with DOT and the roads crew here better. Police need to be stricter with bikers in LW, it is anything goes and they put all ped. drivers, and themselves at risk. The PBSO could be doing so much more to address blight and crime too, all we seem to have here is a lot of mediocrity, we settle for it unless certain NA folks demand more. How can we get PBSO to be more proactive and really clean this city up so we are not on that list?
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This is so bad for us, we have too much crime, 14th worse in the state and we are a small city. What does the PBSO have to say for themselves?
ReplyDeleteMaybe they should not get pay raises until they show improvements like teachers.
Isn't this worthy of a special City meeting with PBSO? Crime is much more important than potholes. We are perceived as being high crime both b/c we are and b/c the media reports every crime west of us as happening in LW.
ReplyDeletePBSO was great when they first got the contract, there was a huge uptick in their presence, they were proactive, they did under cover stings, they were working the problem. But the last two or three years their presence has gone way, way down. Why is that? We pay tons and tons of money to them.
Look at homeless and panhandling all over our downtown, scaring away visitors and decreasing foot traffic for our businesses. Why are police not there stopping this behavior. No patrols in the neighborhoods, good or bad, yes they show up when something bad happens but its always after the fact and the criminals know it. Why is crime going up in LW and down in the rest of the county?
I agree....LW needs to have a talk with PBSO about why this is happening and what they are going to do about it. We can't just accept this situation, we need their help and depend on them. Answers and solutions need to start with Capt Silva
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