I think this an excellent job for a mayor or deputy mayor

For those of you who have not been there our nation's capital is a disgrace. I feel more safe alone and unarmeded in Houston's Third Ward than I do in the beltway around the Capital, White House etc.

Now from some of the geniuses who destroyed our great VA rial here is some more great ideas....let's let the fire department sit and wait to get it's ass kicked.

D.C. Firefighters To Help Police Streets?

Both D.C. firefighters and police officers are upset over a new program that forces the fire department to help fight crime.
   
For the past three weeks, D.C. Fire and EMS personnel have been parking their trucks at high crime neighborhoods.

"It's to prevent things from bubbling up.  The idea is that if you have a fire engine with adults there no one is going to commit a crime," said D.C. Deputy Mayor Paul Quander.
   
City officials said they just want firefighters to call 911 if they see suspicious activity.
   
The D.C. police union and firefighters union say the plan is not safe.

"I think it is a disaster," said D.C. Police Union spokesman Kris Baumann.  "You're putting untrained, unsupervised, unequipped firefighters in some of the most dangerous neighborhoods in town to perform a law enforcement function."
   
Right now, the plan is to keep the policy in place at least through next spring.

Ok let me get this straight. You want the firemen to park and if they see something bad happen call for help. If you aanounce this won't the drug dealers and prostitutes just establish their business somewhere else? What happens if a fire truck/EMS sees something and the businessmen say "you don't see anything do is your ass about to be kicked?"

Sounds like the idiocy that would come from Washington....