bendavis72's blog
Since iwas vocal with some questions regarding the Carrboro Police Department recently, I wanted to be vocal about my appreciation of their efforts in stopping residential break ins.
Thanks and good work!
quote from email from CPD
So I am writing because between 6 and 11 Carrboro Police cars have been sitting in front of my house for the past 90 minutes conducting a "license check". I live on Barnes Street and it is predominantly non white. I have owned a house here for 7 years and never had this much police presence here even when we worked with the CPD community officers to help with gang violence.
I have a lot of respect for Carrboro Police and have dealt with them first hand on many issues, but tonight has been a different story. When I approached them from my yard to ask what was going on, I was met with the polite but aggressive responses that included..." What , are we bothering you?'
I replied, "Yes, you have woken up my children and there are 8 police cars sitting directly in front of my house and the lights are flashing in my windows."
These officers were by no means sympathetic nor friendly and just now - at 12:15am with the lights still illuminating inside of my house I went outside and they pointed and laughed at me.
If they put half as much effort into the design, safety and impact of this development as they have put into the legal battle, perhaps we would not be so opposed to it. Article from the good folks at the Carrboro Citizen:
Northwest Property Group, which wants to build a shopping
center at the intersection of Jones Ferry Road and Barnes Street, has
won an appeal in its case against the Town of Carrboro.
In September 2007, the developer sued after the town approved its
development but limited access to Barnes Street to emergency vehicles
due to concerns about safety at the intersection. In a suit heard in
April 2009, Northwest argued that the town’s condition, which
effectively killed the project, was not backed up by a finding of fact
on the traffic and safety concerns.
The board of aldermen had sided with residents on Barnes Street and
the adjacent neighborhood who said the intersection was already unsafe
and a store entrance and exit would make it even more so.
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