On October
1, 2012 at 7 a.m. in the morning a 95-year-old woman was attacked in her home.
A man picked the lock on her gate and kicked down her back door at her home on
the 1100 block of Laurie Avenue. The man
pepper sprayed her in the face. She has lived in the Willow Glen neighborhood
for 40 years. Her neighbors are upset, horrified and very uncomfortable. Shanna Desai a mother of two who lives down
the street on Laurie Avenue said “People aren't sleeping well at night knowing
they could be the next target.” “ We've had too many things happen in a short
parameter of time, so nobody feels comfortable.” According to the latest numbers from San Jose
police, as of September, response times were majorly lagging. Monday morning’s
home invasion qualified as “Priority Two.” The latest numbers show that instead
of the target eleven-minute response, it takes an average of nearly 18 minutes
for officers to response. Burglaries are up 54- and 72-percent in two areas of
Willow Glen, and almost 35-percent city-wide. James Gonzales, a spokesman for
the Police Officer Association says “We’re down 340 officers and we’re down a gang enforcement
team, burglaries are up 150-percent in areas of Evergreen.” “There should be
more press releases, more information provided to the public. We've seen a
systemic quelling of information about crime coming from City Hall.”
This
situation is scary, because I had no idea that James Gonzales, and home invasions
are up in the area where I live. I sleep with my window open I have to really
change that. This shows me that City
Hall does not care about public safety. This is a very BIG problem. We pay our
taxes which pay City Hall’s elected officials salaries so let’s demand they do
something about this. Like starting off with the hiring of more Police
Officers, so San Jose can become one of the safest cities to live in again.
LM
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