Jackson Jambalaya

I hate what's happened in Northpointe in the last ten years. I see that there were two armed robberies on Northpointe Pkwy, in the same block, two days in a row. I know of shootings there in recent years, too. Bad stuff in what was once an awesome neighborhood. I grew up there and felt safe as could be. It was the place to be in the 80's through the mid-90's. Fortunately, my family got out while the getting was good. There have been reports of a gate system going in at the major entrances (Npt Pkwy/Plantation, Old Canton/Npt Pkwy and Npt Drive/Waterford), but apparently those residents can't get their collective act together and agree on a solution. There are some good people left there; a bunch of them, actually. But the problem is that the County Line contingent uses it as a pass-through to Old Canton, and vice versa. There are bad neighborhoods on all sides of Northpointe now, and I fear there's not much left that can be done...especially if it is never gated. Anybody with close ties to Northpointe have an update on what is being done? Really a sad situation over there.

Tear down the apartments and it would be fine. Also, bad neighborhoods on all sides? Tell that to the Country Club.

Until we're all gated, profiling. Need more profiling.

Look out of place in a certain neighborhood? Pull their ass over. See what they're doin.

Hurts their feelings? Too damn bad. Don't come back then.

Least they'd know we're watching.

@ 11:25, I don't consider JCC contiguous to Northpointe because, well, it's not. You get my point, though.

What is the disturbing 11:00 AM is the trend by neighborhood associations ... like Eastover where Downtown soothsayer Ben Allen and Circuit Judge hope-to-be Jeff Weill make their homes ... to privately employ weapon-packing off-duty JPD officers with arrest powers 24/7/365 to patrol specific neighborhoods and specific streets.

Now what we have in Jackson is a two-tiered system of public safety. Live in one of the special neighborhoods with the ECONOMIC POWER to hire JPD officers and RECEIVE SPECIAL PROTECTION.

OR live elsewhere in Jackson and only count on the best-efforts approach from the beleaguered and severely undermanned Jackson Police Department.





Meanwhile Jackson's Nero Harvey Johnson wastes precious time getting wiggy about billboards featuring pole-dancing stippers while his taxpaying citizens load rental trucks for all points out of Jackson.

Let's face it ... hiring off-duty JPD officers specifically for their arrest powers and ability to proactively use police power weaponry is EXACTLY the same as ... even BETTER than ... employing a private militia.

So when you read or hear the names Leland Speed, Ben Allen, Teddy Duckworth, Jeff Weill, Kane Ditto and any other luminary living in Eastover remember that they receive a level of police protection that 99% of Jackson does not receive.

Why has the Northside Sun been the only media to report on the attack of the couple during Fondren After Five?

6:08- What happened? Give us more details, please.

First off, the individuals named are not hiring JPD for that. Nice conspiracy theory. Second, even if they were, what is wrong with a JPD officer being hired off-duty? Want more police and/or better protection? No problem. Vote to raise your taxes to pay for it.

Otherwise, quit bitching.

Here is a new thought. Work hard. Play hard. Be safe. If I was drinking at a local establishment and could not drive and hired a cab and it happened to be an off duty Police Officer (moonlighting because he has a family to raise) would you complain? And what if I hired him every night (on call) to make sure that my friends had the same safety to the public afforded them? Would you complain? Get with it, I choose to do what is right and your criticism for those who do so is not racism, classism, profiling, etc. It is called, I don't have cable, I do have internet, I don't have someone mowing my lawn - I do it myself, I don't pay for gas for my car to and fro work - I ride my bike...etc., etc., etc.,

I do what is right in my world and try to keep my family safe without hurting others, do you think and act the same?

Drop the drama.

You can't stop someone from hiring private security for their neighborhood, home, personal safety, etc. If it is permissable for off-duty JPD officers (or whomever) to accept such employment, then there is nothing you can do about it, besides complain like a jackass and make yourself sound ridiculous.

If I felt like I needed extra security and could afford to pay for it, I would do it, and I wouldn't expect someone to judge or criticize me for it.

It's a sorry shame that other areas of this city experience much more than their share of crime, and I'm not trying to diminish that. But police protection alone is not enough; the whole community has to be responsible, proactive, and anti-crime. This is not a new problem, and nothing done has yet to make a lasting difference.

Don't judge someone for trying to keep themselves and their property safe, as long as they are within the law. And don't expect one group of individuals to be personally responsible for what happens all over this city.

We live in an incredible NE Jackson neighborhood, but crime happens...and is happening. SO, our neighborhood association is looking into hiring off duty officers. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT? We want to take a further step in protecting our homes and our families. If homeowners want to pay extra to hire additional security then what business is that of yours or anyone else's? More neighborhoods need to take an extra step in preserving NE Jackson....instead of just giving up and bitching...
I am 300% for off duty officers being hired. Our neighborhood has many meetings with Jeff Weill and the new Precinct 4 commander to discuss crime prevention. It is called "Taking action"....you should try it...