FRIDAY, MAY 6, 2016

Keeping the Status Quo in District Two                                                                                       
Let’s see, was the new Cincinnati chief of police Elliot Isaac supposed to clean up the department?  Is he doing that?  Doesn’t look like it.

Take, for example, Cincinnati police District 2, which covers Hyde Park, Oakley, Madisonville and Pleasant Ridge.  The first female district commander Kimberly Williams was appointed to District 2 with a lot of fanfare three months ago. Has that District improved?  Not much.

A 31-year old addict punk has been hitting one multi-family building after another on Dryden Avenue in Pleasant Ridge, totaling twenty so far.  He breaks into the U.S. Post Office key box near the front doors of the buildings, obtaining the key to the building front door.  He then heads straight to the coin-op washers and dryers in the buildings, stealing the quarters from them. He’s a busy little punk, hitting an average of three buildings per week during the night.  He wears a hoodie pulled up on his head and carries a sharpened pry bar.  He has a long criminal history dating from the time he was a juvenile.

When owners notify the police of the robberies, the District 2 police officers, detective and the district commander seem irritated to be bothered.  The damage caused costs owners an average of $600 each instance for repairs.  The identity of the thief is well known but these cops don’t seem interested in apprehending him.  Is Captain Williams insisting that her officers step up their game and do their job?  It doesn’t appear so.