Crime Wave

[cannon_fodder]

I live on 28th Street just East of Harvard.  +/- one block of me over the weekend 3 car stereos were stolen.  Another neighbor walked down to Braums and back to get Bfast as his wife slept... when he got back his HDTV was stolen.  My next door neighbor had his central A/C unit stolen!  The unit is about 15 feet from where my son sleeps.  This is only of the handful of people that I know in my neighborhood.

That's simply crazy.  I've been pretty secure in my little bubble around here.  Glad you can now use deadly force to protect property in Oklahoma, anyone that enters property so boldly is certainly a threat and deserving of getting shot.

[TheArtist]

Sorry to hear that. Its awful when that kind of thing happens in the area where you live. Make sure every single crime is reported. The police start focusing on an area where there is an increase in crimes. Its amazing how often people dont bother reporting things though.

[Conan71]

At a downtown establishment I frequent, on Saturday night there was a cop on the sidewalk shooing motorcycles off the sidewalk and threatening $35 fines.

Last night a truck was stolen from the parking lot of the same establishment and it was a full hour and a half before the police showed up.  Odd priorities.

[Breadburner]

They were booked up last night.....Probably illegals stocking up for the trip home to Mexico...[]

[sauerkraut]

My guess is alot of the crime is the result of illegal aliens. I understand the worst area in Tulsa is I-44 and RiverSide south to 61st street and east to Peoria. That chunk of realestate has more crime than any other area in Tulsa. I forgot where I read that.

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by sauerkraut

My guess is alot of the crime is the result of illegal aliens. I understand the worst area in Tulsa is I-44 and RiverSide south to 61st street and east to Peoria. That chunk of realestate has more crime than any other area in Tulsa. I forgot where I read that.

Well, there's a common ethnic group down there, but it isn't Mexican.

[MH2010]

quote:Originally posted by Conan71

At a downtown establishment I frequent, on Saturday night there was a cop on the sidewalk shooing motorcycles off the sidewalk and threatening $35 fines.

Last night a truck was stolen from the parking lot of the same establishment and it was a full hour and a half before the police showed up.  Odd priorities.

You can thank the Mayor for that.  She made that a priority.

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by MH2010

quote:Originally posted by Conan71

At a downtown establishment I frequent, on Saturday night there was a cop on the sidewalk shooing motorcycles off the sidewalk and threatening $35 fines.

Last night a truck was stolen from the parking lot of the same establishment and it was a full hour and a half before the police showed up.  Odd priorities.

You can thank the Mayor for that.  She made that a priority.

Why am I not surprised.

[Townsend]

quote:Originally posted by MH2010

quote:Originally posted by Conan71

At a downtown establishment I frequent, on Saturday night there was a cop on the sidewalk shooing motorcycles off the sidewalk and threatening $35 fines.

Last night a truck was stolen from the parking lot of the same establishment and it was a full hour and a half before the police showed up.  Odd priorities.

You can thank the Mayor for that.  She made that a priority.

Why did she make that a priority?

[carltonplace]

CF, you and your neighbors need to make sure each one of these crimes is reported not matter how small.

[sauerkraut]

quote:Originally posted by Conan71

quote:Originally posted by sauerkraut

My guess is alot of the crime is the result of illegal aliens. I understand the worst area in Tulsa is I-44 and RiverSide south to 61st street and east to Peoria. That chunk of realestate has more crime than any other area in Tulsa. I forgot where I read that.

Well, there's a common ethnic group down there, but it isn't Mexican.

I don't know who lives there but that area has the highest crime. I believe the Tulsa World reported that story. The crime numbers can be had on the Tulsa Police web site.

[USRufnex]

quote:Originally posted by sauerkraut

My guess is alot of the crime is the result of illegal aliens. I understand the worst area in Tulsa is I-44 and RiverSide south to 61st street and east to Peoria. That chunk of realestate has more crime than any other area in Tulsa. I forgot where I read that.

Bad guess.  

Sometimes I wonder if you ever actually lived in the city of Tulsa.  Lots of young people finish high school (or dropout?!?) and move out of the house to sign a lease to live in some of those apt complexes on Riverside Drive.  It's a time honored tradition.  My guess is that the area's always had somewhat higher crime than other parts of Tulsa but...

It seems different now.  There are just too many "young punks" and "druggies" who live in that area.  Maybe instead of scapegoating  illegal aliens, we could take a look at holding THA more accountable and examine possible abuses in Section 8 housing...?!?

Wasn't our current "CEO" mayor of Tulsa elected to do something about the crime problem in Tulsa?  Because all I see so far is political correctness, empty-rhetoric and window-dressing...

Can someone please tell me why Tulsa's crime rate is so much higher than OKC's???

Buehler... Buehler...

[TheArtist]

quote:Originally posted by USRufnex

quote:Originally posted by sauerkraut

My guess is alot of the crime is the result of illegal aliens. I understand the worst area in Tulsa is I-44 and RiverSide south to 61st street and east to Peoria. That chunk of realestate has more crime than any other area in Tulsa. I forgot where I read that.

Bad guess.  

Sometimes I wonder if you ever actually lived in the city of Tulsa.  Lots of young people finish high school (or dropout?!?) and move out of the house to sign a lease to live in some of those apt complexes on Riverside Drive.  It's a time honored tradition.  My guess is that the area's always had somewhat higher crime than other parts of Tulsa but...

It seems different now.  There are just too many "young punks" and "druggies" who live in that area.  Maybe instead of scapegoating  illegal aliens, we could take a look at holding THA more accountable and examine possible abuses in Section 8 housing...?!?

Wasn't our current "CEO" mayor of Tulsa elected to do something about the crime problem in Tulsa?  Because all I see so far is political correctness, empty-rhetoric and window-dressing...

Can someone please tell me why Tulsa's crime rate is so much higher than OKC's???

Buehler... Buehler...

You know thats interesting. I did an ePodunk search to look at demographics, income levels, ages, educational levels, also looked at drop out rates, expecting Tulsa to be less educated and poorer, have more drop outs expecting that would be the reason. But we are actually a tad better in all of those categories.

One thing I can think of that may have an influence is that areas within OKC that would be considered suburbs in Tulsa. (okc's land area is much larger than our whole county and its population is larger) If we compared Tulsa County to OKC city the crime statistics per person may not be as different. It would appear that we would still be higher though I didnt get down into the stats on that compaison. Plus from what I can tell we have more police officers per person than OKC.

Why we are worse? I don't know. Any other guesses?

However, Oklahomas crime rate, divorce rate, educational levels, income levels, health, etc. are worse than many other parts of the country regardless of what city you choose.

[KingMutt]

blame the Mexicans....aren't they also responsible for global warming and Britanny's career slump?

[carltonplace]

When I opened a beer last night it was warm. I knew it had to be Mexicans that caused this heinous injustice.