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A public safety thread:
A man is out fishing & sees a person float by flailing in distress. He jumps in, saves them. He sees another. Saves them. A 3rd. Then another. Another. Another.
Too many to save.
Exhausted, he exclaims "Will someone go up the river & try to stop this?!"
A man is out fishing & sees a person float by flailing in distress. He jumps in, saves them. He sees another. Saves them. A 3rd. Then another. Another. Another.
Too many to save.
Exhausted, he exclaims "Will someone go up the river & try to stop this?!"
Public safety is where the overwhelming majority of people connect with their government.
It is where the rubber meets the road.
It is also where decades of political and policy failures - in education, in EcoDevo, in health care, etc - manifest.
It is where the rubber meets the road.
It is also where decades of political and policy failures - in education, in EcoDevo, in health care, etc - manifest.
Let me be clear: We have *SO* much work that needs to be done in public safety.
On here/in articles/in agencies I am vocal about real, structural changes to how we address issues in our communities.
We must strive every single day to build more equitable, transparent services.
On here/in articles/in agencies I am vocal about real, structural changes to how we address issues in our communities.
We must strive every single day to build more equitable, transparent services.
But while this work is necessary and of tremendous importance, it is empty if the underlying political & policy drivers do not also change.
If we dont decide, as community, to focus on health. On jobs. On education.
On factors that we know drive interactions with public safety.
If we dont decide, as community, to focus on health. On jobs. On education.
On factors that we know drive interactions with public safety.
I think often about the St. Louis Public School System. It was unaccredited from 2007-2017.
A decade of kindergarten classes walked in to their first day, already behind the curve.
For 10 years, while a handful of people tried to fix it, we as a community largely just shrugged.
A decade of kindergarten classes walked in to their first day, already behind the curve.
For 10 years, while a handful of people tried to fix it, we as a community largely just shrugged.
If you were six years old in 2007, you'd be in your early 20s today. I'd bet some of the protesters locally are from some of these classrooms.
Classrooms we left behind. They have every right to be angry. To demand different systems.
Classrooms we left behind. They have every right to be angry. To demand different systems.
We must improve public safety safety. MUST.
We must also stop using public safety as a stopgap for failures made up the line.
There is no primary, or donor luncheon, or campaign flyer that is more important than meaningfully addressing *BOTH* the symptom AND the root cause .
We must also stop using public safety as a stopgap for failures made up the line.
There is no primary, or donor luncheon, or campaign flyer that is more important than meaningfully addressing *BOTH* the symptom AND the root cause .
In other words:
"Will someone go up the river & try to stop this?!"
"Will someone go up the river & try to stop this?!"
