This past Friday, I obtained a first hand look at the challenges of our city from the eyes of a Cincinnati police officer. It was very eye opening. I encourage every concerned citizen to participate in the Cincinnati Police Department Ride-A-Long program.
Our officers at the Cincinnati Police Department do an outstanding job for the community. They put their lives on the line everyday for us. However, as many Cincinnatians know, our city needs to hire more police officers. The manpower on the shift I rode around on, considering the day and time of week it was, did not feel safe for neither the community nor the officer. Until the Cincinnati Police Department’s sworn population of police officers increases to safe levels, City Hall should accept every state support service offered by Governor DeWine to combat violent crime.
Cincinnatians are also taxpayers to the State of Ohio. We deserve the resources our tax dollars pay for when murder and mayhem take over the streets. The murder of an innocent Black mother of five children in downtown Cincinnati should wake up our local elected officials. Our city leadership must put their egos aside and accept the full package of support services that Governor DeWine is offering Cincinnati…