T. Moore IP: 12.163.89.93 Oct 26, 06 - 7:25 PM	Police and Fire I would like to get some opinons; How do you feel about the police departments and fire departments in your town ? Do you feel that there are more than enough police or not enough ? Is the response time of the fire company too slow ? Can the police do more to rid crime? Just a thought.
B. Smith IP: 4.239.180.217 Oct 26th, 2006 - 8:52 PM	Re: Police and Fire There are by no means enough police. The police are doing what they can. Are they doing enough? No, because there are not enough of them. This area needs the police to not only combat the major problems of drugs and crime, but the smaller offenses that lead to bigger ones. Things like vandalism, loitering, disobeying ordinances. The minor ordinance offenses may seem like nit picking, but it falls into the category of give and inch and they'll take a mile. A lot of our major offenders of today were people never made to follow the rules when they were starting out. Kind of the mentality of "hey I can smoke cigarettes when I'm 12, bet I can drink a beer when I'm 16 and when I'm 18..." I do believe the law enforcement in this town is trying, but they are losing the battle because there are too crimes and not enough officers.
Samuel Anthony Ettaro IP: 72.72.227.253 Oct 27th, 2006 - 6:02 AM	Re: Police and Fire Hi T. Moore, Frankly and honestly, I don't know the answers to these questions. I do know that the questions asked of the Mayor and the requests for an interview on this subject have not been replied to. I will say, however, that I did have a really nice and frank talk with Chief Rhone after Borough Council meeting a couple weeks ago and he seems really open and willing to share his thoughts on these concerns. I did invite him to sit down with me in a formal interview for the site and he agreed to do so sometime in mid-November. We'll keep you posted on when that's happening. Quick question: Have any of you directly addressed your questions to the borough, Mayor's office or police department? I do understand that we had a local Clearfield resident approach the Mayor on these subjects to which the Mayor suggested that she wouldn't chat via email but was willing to sit down with this lady and the Chief to discuss the state of things. Perhaps they'll do the same for you. Keep us posted! Samuel Email: samuel@ettaro.com Website: http://www.ettaro.com

Through the course of my job, I work with the police and fire. Over the years I have noticed the crime rate rise, with the amount of police officers decrease. I can not answer the reason why. I know the types of incidents that they handle, it is not pretty. Our town definitly needs addtional officers.

The fire company has joined together which I feel is fantastic. I have seen the response time go down with more people responding.

Town officials - HIRE MORE OFFICERS

B. Smith - I agree with you. They are understaffed and doing what they can do. Clearfield will be taken over by crime just as Altoona - State College areas. Dubois has problems as well but look at how they are staffed. Clearfield needs to take a look at them.