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2y ago

Colorado Springs voters might be asked to give up tax refunds to fund new police training academy

Colorado Springs voters might be asked to give up tax refunds to fund new police training academy

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No thanks.
Things I noticed when visiting Colorado Springs that stood out to me because I had never seen them before.
Home Depot: items over 300$ locked to the shelves, and with security alarm devices attached to them. String trimmers, push mowers, leaf blowers. Large items that couldn’t easily be walked out without notice.
Parking Lots: mobile towers temporarily erected with what appeared to be surveillance cameras and blue flashing lights.
Is everything ok over there? Are you short on Police? Is there a rash of crime happening?
- The cameras are due to theft of contractor vehicles. Almost every construction site has them too. I saw the same thing in other parts of the west so it is a common security item.
- Colorado Springs is fine... I've seen far stranger things in larger cities like putting security tags on jugs of laundry detergent or locking up everything over $50 value behind the counter.