In The Herald’s Saturday article on the county’s 2006 budget, “Reardon plans no new taxes,” county Prosecutor Janice Ellis observed that “…the budget focuses on sheriff’s deputies and corrections officers who arrest and lock up criminals, not deputy prosecutors who make sure they stay behind bars…”
Reardon’s crime fighting plan is incomplete. According to the prosecutor, her staff is handling an impossible case load. The budget also fails to do anything about preventing crime. Apparently, Reardon just doesn’t get it.
A complete crime fighting program includes not only catching and jailing criminals but also prosecuting and preventing future crimes. Catching and jailing goes only so far. Educating the public to lock their doors or to protect their bank card numbers reduces crime. Educating the public to prevent crime allows it to help government reduce crime. Reduced crime saves money.
I hope the County Council understands that we do not have a complete crime fighting program and completes the cycle in the 2006 budget.
Steve Moller
Snohomish
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