Back to Basics: Law Enforcement Must Respond to Calls Again

Forget coffee with a cop, engage the public by investigating minor cases and solve crime

The negative trend has been going on for years. When I was assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division in 2001, we noted that San Diego was not responding to property crimes below a specific dollar value. One property commander, who was opposed to the idea, calculated that it cost the city less money to purchase a victim a new lawn mower than pursu…