{"id":4443,"date":"2014-01-22T23:05:53","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T06:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4443"},"modified":"2014-01-22T23:05:53","modified_gmt":"2014-01-23T06:05:53","slug":"stapleton-moms-pc-descriptions-of-suspicious-behavior-prove-unhelpful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4443","title":{"rendered":"Stapleton Mom\u2019s PC Descriptions of Suspicious Behavior Prove Unhelpful"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"burglar\"<\/a>The Stapleton Mom\u2019s Yahoo Group<\/a> works hard to be on the front line of crime prevention. Members are vigilant about posting strange behavior or things that just don\u2019t seem right so that others in the neighborhood keep their heads up. In years past, members would do their best to create a description of an individual or an event that seemed out of place in Stapleton. Some of these descriptions gained the PC ire of other members. \u201cI didn\u2019t like people being described as \u2018Hispanic,\u2019\u201d said Yahoo Group member Kristin Marie. \u201cThe word \u2018Hispanic\u2019 just has so many negative connotations. I\u2019m really not that comfortable saying it to you.\u201d\n\nThe PC police didn\u2019t just stop at ethnicity. Age, gender, height and weight suddenly became off-limits as well. \u201cJust because they were breaking into a garage, does not necessarily mean it is a man,\u201d said another Mom\u2019s member, Dianne Miller. \u201cWe have to be a little blinder when it comes to crime, or even thinking something is a crime. Maybe that person was fixing the garage at 3AM. We just don\u2019t know. All some of us are asking is to not report anything unless you are absolutely sure a crime is being committed, and if you can get a photo of the perpetrator instead of a description, that would be great.\u201d\nThe PC police on Stapleton Moms have certainly done their part. Crime reports on Stapleton Moms have decreased about 60%, which to Marie, is a good thing. \u201cIt\u2019s nice to not see people reporting suspicious behavior and attaching it to descriptions of people and places,\u201d said Marie. \u201cThat\u2019s just not the kind of community we want to live in.\u201d For others, the lack of reports has been negative. \u201cWell, crime has increased about 40% since this new unofficial policy was launched,\u201d said Moms member Cindy Stone. \u201cAnd when people do report things, they simply aren\u2019t that helpful.\u201d In fact, a recent description read, \u201cPerson with clothes in some neighborhood alley, may or may not be trying to get into gates to take items from owners, but may also be there to fix sprinklers.\u201d\nPolice Chief<\/a> Gerald Whitman encourages residents to give the best descriptions as possible to neighbors. \u201cI know we live in a PC world,\u201d says Whitman. \u201cBut you are not asking your neighbors to arrest anyone. You\u2019re asking them to be aware of their environment. The best way to do this is to be as descriptive as possible.\u201d Chief Whitman offers the same advice for residents if they call the police. \u201cPlease, by all means, speak candidly. We need the best description possible. Just give it to us straight.\u201d\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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