Comments on: It’s Not Just Measure Y: Social Programs Don’t Work http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2009/01/21/its-not-just-measure-y-social-programs-dont-work/ Words from a Non-Leftist Thu, 08 Dec 2011 03:54:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: TheBoss http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2009/01/21/its-not-just-measure-y-social-programs-dont-work/comment-page-1/#comment-2248 TheBoss Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:13:33 +0000 http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2009/01/21/its-not-just-measure-y-social-programs-dont-work/#comment-2248 Perhaps that's because prison isn't actually scary. Sitting around all day plotting how to defend your gang's turf is dangerous, but I think a lot of folks actually come to like it. Working in the fields for 10 hours a day, on the other hand, isn't quite such a good time. Maybe we need an Angola prison here in California. Perhaps that’s because prison isn’t actually scary. Sitting around all day plotting how to defend your gang’s turf is dangerous, but I think a lot of folks actually come to like it.

Working in the fields for 10 hours a day, on the other hand, isn’t quite such a good time. Maybe we need an Angola prison here in California.

]]> By: Rev Steve Best http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2009/01/21/its-not-just-measure-y-social-programs-dont-work/comment-page-1/#comment-2247 Rev Steve Best Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:32:49 +0000 http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2009/01/21/its-not-just-measure-y-social-programs-dont-work/#comment-2247 Installing fear won't solve the problem of criminal or other distractions in a community. Our prisons are full of young people who did not see fear as a barrier to their out-of-bounds behavior. Although it is not a cure-all, community policing can have a positive impact by establishing a volunteer police chaplain program (at little of no cost to the PD). Assigning volunteer police chaplains to specific police sectors where their respective congregations are located accomplishes three purposes. 1) Clergy are known in the community and are privy to issues in their specific neighborhood. 2) A PD has an additional and respected voice in neighborhoods. 3) Parental control of neighborhood youth is enhanced. (What would grandma say if she knew what you are doing?) PD chaplains riding with police officers send a message to the community that the faith community is a player in reducing crime and public nuisances. “Stories of the Street: Images of the Human Condition” demonstrates the significant contribution volunteer police chaplains make in serving specific neighborhoods. Ref: www.strategicbookpublishing.com/StoriesOfTheStreet.html Volunteer Police Chaplain Steve Best, (Ret.) Installing fear won’t solve the problem of criminal or other distractions in a community. Our prisons are full of young people who did not see fear as a barrier to their out-of-bounds behavior.

Although it is not a cure-all, community policing can have a positive impact by establishing a volunteer police chaplain program (at little of no cost to the PD). Assigning volunteer police chaplains to specific police sectors where their respective congregations are located accomplishes three purposes. 1) Clergy are known in the community and are privy to issues in their specific neighborhood. 2) A PD has an additional and respected voice in neighborhoods. 3) Parental control of neighborhood youth is enhanced. (What would grandma say if she knew what you are doing?) PD chaplains riding with police officers send a message to the community that the faith community is a player in reducing crime and public nuisances. “Stories of the Street: Images of the Human Condition” demonstrates the significant contribution volunteer police chaplains make in serving specific neighborhoods. Ref: http://www.strategicbookpublishing.com/StoriesOfTheStreet.html
Volunteer Police Chaplain Steve Best, (Ret.)

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