Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Dallas police to crack down on panhandling, public intoxication in downtown Dallas
DALLAS — Dallas police will begin enforcing a new "zero tolerance" policy against panhandling, public intoxication, and sleeping in public in downtown Dallas.
The police department recently added 24 officers to patrol the downtown area, enhanced by a private force of security officers, retained by DowntownDallas.
This comes a year after the city launched its initial anti-panhandling campaign, encouraging people to stop giving money to panhandlers.
Posted by T.G.
Collin Gouldin, says:
well there goes my friday nights ....
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crowlogic, says:
Just yesterday a cracked out bum did a dance/karate chop on my window while I was waiting at the light. 'bout time they did something about it
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Pavel Lishin, says:
crowlogic: did you get out and beat him to death with a crowbar? You gotta hold your own, man.
Also, it's kind of funny how this worked. Build awesome shelter. Realize shelter sucks and is worthless. Crack down on people who were supposed to use the shelter.
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