You need to get over whatever superiority complex you have.  First of I have never been ticketed for speeding here in Maricopa or have had any other citations.  I have no beef with with the police officers.  I have stated before that their response time is awesome.  I do however have a beef with whoever is making policy that keeps MPD from patroling nieghborhoods randomly and with most of the police.

If you don't think that random patroling is effective then you have a problem!  You think that if cops were patroling the nieghborhoods you would have large groups of teenagers hanging out drinking and then getting into fights.  GET FRIGGIN REAL!!  Teenagers go where the police are not.  We both know that because we were both once teenagers...  Your comment that the whole of the city can be patroled every five minutes is just plain stupid.  Noone said that or implied that.  What we are implying is that were are having problems in our neighborhoods with crime and kids and more proactive measures are needed.

Your remarks about me not being activein the community are just as stupid as your comments on me wanting the whole of the city to be patroled every 5 minutes.  Why do you think I know how well they respond?  Why do think I know the crime is by teenagers....Duh....Because I watch and report and stay active....

Get a clue, we had a sirious gang fight here, there are likely to be more.  A greater police presence will deter this kind of activity.  You don't think 4 or 5 officers cruising the nieghborhoods can cover a lot of ground?  Then it is you who doesn't have much respect for what police can do.   I have no idea why you would post such a knuckle-headed response unless you are just being contrary....are you a forum troll, shane?  Geez, we have a gang fight that may have killed someone occuring in my nieghborhood and you think I'm whinning because I got a speeding ticket.....geez....THAT's ridiculous!!!

I think we have great police officers.  I think they need to be re-directed to have a community focus.  Popping speeders on 347 is great for revenue for the city but does little to prevent crime in the nieghborhoods.  Maybe we go to one patrol car a night on 347 and the rest cruise the hoods?  Maybe we go to more PD at night?  Something needs to change.  If the PD is using bait houses that's great.  Maybe they should make that known as a deterent.  For police, being visible and vocal aids in their job.

Sounds like a good place to have a neighborhood watch. Get to know your neighbors if you don't. Police don't have the time or the resources to take care of everything. Maybe if everyone kept an eye out for each other we could stop some of this

We have had a nieghborhood watch in place for over a year now.

Shoot first ask questions later?!

The jerk probaly isn't dyslectic he/she is probaly just Native American.

See the following:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika

Oh well, in that case it's quite ok.    I mean -- I shouldn't be angry at anybody expressing their pride in their heritage with spraypaint on my car.

-still hoping that the dumbass kid gets stabbed living on 'the hard streets of Maricopa'.

Is everyone here aware of this MPD program? I just stumbled on to it tonite, I am somewhat of a nite owl, I will check to see if they have any open spots late in the night.

In connection with the Maricopa Police Department's new Volunteers in Police Services (VIPS), the MPD is announcing two new volunteer opportunities. The department is looking for community members that would be interested in volunteering to assist with a new Graffiti Abatement Task Force and/or Volunteer Citizens on Patrol.

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19233239&BRD=1817&PAG=461&dept_id=68561&rfi=8 

contact Officer Stephen Judd of the Maricopa Police Department for further information at (520) 251-6373 or sjudd@cityofmaricopa.net.

Wait...so MPD thinks they know who these kids are? And they are doing what??

This happened to a friend of mine in March. Several cars in his neighborhood were spray painted...I'm not sure if they had gang signs (thankfully we had left his house by then!) I know there were swear words and I know they spray painted at least one house, too. This was in Acacia Crossings and the cops said that they had hit other cars/houses in the neighborhood beside the ones on his street.

To think I've been more worried about the construction crew building the house next to us dropping something on my car....guess I should be more worried about idiot teenagers.

Fine.

I have more than 2 cars.  My garage holds 2 cars.  Now what?  Bigger house?

The car is locked and alarmed.

The problem is not with where/ how I parked my car, but with the brain-dead parents here.