tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039563145970308239.post1955633059883654758..comments2023-10-24T08:25:49.233-07:00Comments on Ojai Valley News Blog: Ojai Shows Violent Crime DeclineUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039563145970308239.post-15547391586962537282008-07-08T20:10:00.000-07:002008-07-08T20:10:00.000-07:00mexican gangs are using ojai as a staging area for...mexican gangs are using ojai as a staging area for recruitment of workers in their national forest marijuana farms. they routinely gather at the laundromat on bald st. where their mothers and girl friends wash the cloths of the "agricos narcos". law enforcement gang intervention is only marginally effective due to the casual attitude of law enforcement toward these gangs as being part of the mexican culture and therefore creating fear among law enforcement that to target these individuals would be viewed as cultural intolerance and racial profiling thereby inviting criticism from community activists. local law enforcement has neither the political will nor occupational pride to address this growing problem with anything resembling courage. one has to wonder that they might be getting a piece of the action. good luck and good bye to ojai as a sleepy little artists community. the mexican gangbangers are here to stay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039563145970308239.post-53573657200360985472008-02-01T18:01:00.000-08:002008-02-01T18:01:00.000-08:00Dear Mr. Kelley,I need only refer you to your own ...Dear Mr. Kelley,<BR/><BR/>I need only refer you to your own statistics for crimes per 1,000 residents to justify my earlier comment. I rank from highest to lowest:<BR/><BR/>1. Ojai: 32.34 (As you point out, "That’s nearly twice as high as the overall crime rate for all five cities and the unincorporated area that the Sheriff’s Department patrols.")<BR/><BR/>2. Fillmore: 23.7.<BR/><BR/>3. Camarillo: 17.76.<BR/><BR/>4. Moorpark: 17.21.<BR/><BR/>5. Thousand Oaks: 16.46.<BR/><BR/>Are your statistics incorrect? The way I read your article, I was right the first time. <BR/><BR/>My comment is not a knock on law enforcement, it is a knock on the fact that there is not a law/injunction against gangs that they can enforce in the first place. <BR/><BR/>Could you imagine how much safer the streets would be if our law enforcement was given the ability to crack down on gang members?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039563145970308239.post-64769355607321304982008-01-30T21:59:00.000-08:002008-01-30T21:59:00.000-08:00The VCSD is a fine law enforcement agency.The OVN ...The VCSD is a fine law enforcement agency.<BR/><BR/>The OVN is a fine local newspaper.<BR/><BR/>Daryl Kelley is a fine reporter.<BR/><BR/>James Hatch is a real piece of work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039563145970308239.post-19273751086307340192008-01-30T18:04:00.000-08:002008-01-30T18:04:00.000-08:00a point of clarification for mr. hatch...ojai's vi...a point of clarification for mr. hatch...<BR/>ojai's violent crime rate is about one-third that of fillmore's -- 1.23 per 1,000 residents compare with fillmore's 3.4....overall, the five cities in the sheriff's department jurisdiction and the unincorporated area of ventura county reported a violent crime rate well above ojai's -- 1.51 compared with 1.23 for ojai.<BR/>ojai's crime rate overall is higher than the other cities because of the flurry of petty thefts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039563145970308239.post-71274283707696536052008-01-30T14:29:00.000-08:002008-01-30T14:29:00.000-08:00Maybe they think crime is down because people don'...Maybe they think crime is down because people don't want to report anything because the sheriff then knocks on your door asking if you are the one that called, thus marking your house for retaliation.<BR/><BR/>Good move, duh! And they wonder why people don't want to get involved.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039563145970308239.post-8498521877569019502008-01-30T10:50:00.000-08:002008-01-30T10:50:00.000-08:00Misleading statement- do they meanto say calls are...Misleading statement- do they mean<BR/>to say calls are down but those<BR/>received are more serious, so lesser crime is down?Taken from this blog topic last year, continuing denial of problems to appease public safety image of community is counter-productive and retroative. Statistics indicate growing problem and putting it off doesn't deny this.<BR/>But then- old timers are amazed<BR/>to see any increase, since they remember when someone driving off<BR/>Creek road while blowing their<BR/>nose was as bad as it got...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039563145970308239.post-14547863596865767842008-01-29T17:47:00.000-08:002008-01-29T17:47:00.000-08:00Is this for real? A sugarcoating of the fact that...Is this for real? A sugarcoating of the fact that Ojai has a higher crime rate than Fillmore?<BR/><BR/>Let's face the facts. The facts are that not enough is being done to rid the streets of gangs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com