I love it when a case is finally closed and the due process of law serves what is fair to the suspect which is proven guilty. In particular violent crimes and felonies. Felonies are those crimes that are violent or serious enough to be punished in the U.S. for greater than a year of imprisonment. The men and women that commit these crimes are usually picked up on evidence and put through the court system where we can provide beyond reasonable doubt that they committed the crime.
A Wapato man was brought to justice this week. ( http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2010/01/25/man-gets-prison-for-sexual-assaults ) Thanks to the way our judicial system works and the hard work of police officers and detectives investigating the crime the courts were able to prove that Elwell was guilty of sexual assault. These types of crimes are serious and it's protecting our community from further danger from this individual.
If only all cases ended so easily, but there are many of these types of crimes that go unsolved. That is why it's important that the public stays involved and up to date with what is going on in their communities. Sometimes just a quick internet search can help inform the readers. ( http://www.mostwanted.org/WA/ )
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Sunday, January 17, 2010
In response the couple that helped put suspected burglars in jail for burglary in the Ellensburg area ( www.kvnews.com/articles/2010/01/09/news/doc4b47816486d5f404111623.txt ) I thought that this is a good example of how the citizens can help fight and stop crime as well as give our law enforcement extra eyes.
I have worked over the years with an organization known as Citizens On Patrol (C.O.P.) as well as Neighborhood Watch organization and have spoken to many law enforcement officers on ways to prevent and stop crime before the crime is committed. I even spent time with a officer who used to be a burglar and after he turned his life around became a police officer that helps investigate burglary's as well as other thefts in my hometown area of Canyon County, Idaho.
Our judicial system is built on the needs of the people to uphold justice and our law enforcement plays the part of the executors that make sure that the crimnals are brought back to the justice system. This task is huge and daunting and with ratios anywhere from one officer for every 200+ residents (referenced from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Police_Department#Limitations ) they can use any extra help that the public can provide for them.
The Breeden's being active in their observations and trusting their instincts that something was strage with their visitors was enough to help catch people that had committed the crime in their community. Just as law enforcement encourages people to be more observant and preventing crime in their own community I also try to promote awareness in my own community to make sure that our neighborhood stays safe. The more aware you are the more criminals will be aware that your neighborhood is being watched by more than just one set of eyes.
I have worked over the years with an organization known as Citizens On Patrol (C.O.P.) as well as Neighborhood Watch organization and have spoken to many law enforcement officers on ways to prevent and stop crime before the crime is committed. I even spent time with a officer who used to be a burglar and after he turned his life around became a police officer that helps investigate burglary's as well as other thefts in my hometown area of Canyon County, Idaho.
Our judicial system is built on the needs of the people to uphold justice and our law enforcement plays the part of the executors that make sure that the crimnals are brought back to the justice system. This task is huge and daunting and with ratios anywhere from one officer for every 200+ residents (referenced from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Police_Department#Limitations ) they can use any extra help that the public can provide for them.
The Breeden's being active in their observations and trusting their instincts that something was strage with their visitors was enough to help catch people that had committed the crime in their community. Just as law enforcement encourages people to be more observant and preventing crime in their own community I also try to promote awareness in my own community to make sure that our neighborhood stays safe. The more aware you are the more criminals will be aware that your neighborhood is being watched by more than just one set of eyes.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Crime in Ellensburg
As opening to my series of blogs, I'd like to inform my readers of the process of crime in Ellensburg. Crime is a process that moves in a cycle, where crime is committed but only after the court system deems the act to be a crime, and to enforce the crimes in the area our law enforcement makes sure the laws are being abided for the safety of community. I will be following more with the law enforcement in our community to see how the process of crime is kept in check with the system and what might work or might not work in our community on the streets. Not all laws are easy to uphold and sometimes the process can allow offenders to re offend making more work for our law enforcement.
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