A Call for Protection
Residents express alarm after multiple women are accosted in the residential district, raising questions about police staffing.
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Three women were held up on Chestnut street in the residence part of the city Saturday evening and grossly insulted by some miscreant. In one particular case brought to our attention the police were notified, but before an officer could be secured the miscreant had disappeared and no satisfying description of the fellow could be given. The police are doubtless doing the best they can to protect citizens from these miscreants, but were we wise in reducing our force and leaving a standing invitation to these gentry to operate in the city with a minimum of risk?
“Were we wise in reducing our force and leaving a standing invitation to these gentry to operate in the city with a minimum of risk?”
Public safety and police budget debates have a long history in Everett. This complaint about staffing and 'miscreants' in residential areas echoes concerns frequently voiced in modern neighborhood community meetings.
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