FWPD treatment of victim deplorable

I recently was a victim of a theft. I called the FWPD sergeant’s desk to report it.

I was given a different number to call to create a police report over the phone, 427-1340. After being transferred to the correct department, I was told by the female who picked up that all operators were busy and that I needed to wait on hold. I waited on hold for about 10 minutes before the same female came back on and said that they were very busy – too busy to take my call – and that it was close to shift change. I was told to call back in 15 minutes.

This type of policy is unacceptable.

I am the victim, and I needed my law enforcement agency to handle the situation. These actions by FWPD tell me that, even though I have been through a very unpleasant experience, I am not worthy enough to have law enforcement on my side.

There needs to be a change in how FWPD handles their “customers.” Every taxpaying Fort Wayne citizen deserves to have their plea for help heard. Fort Wayne Police Chief Rusty York and Mayor Tom Henry, this needs to happen now. No other Fort Wayne citizen needs to be disrespected like I was.

NICK HOBBIE Fort Wayne

Office carping reflects small-town mentality

I am absolutely amazed that people are suggesting that the architecture in the mayor’s new office needs to be scaled back. Yes, it is a beautiful space, and there is nothing wrong with that. Had the city spent money to bring it to that level of opulence, then people would have a legitimate complaint. But they’re getting the space as is, and to suggest that money be spent to make it more austere is ridiculous. The space has historical significance to the city as the former home of a past corporate leader. We really do have to get over thinking of ourselves as a small town.

BRIDGET KELLY Fort Wayne

K2 ban erodes our civil liberties

Fort Wayne City Council has passed a ban on a perfectly legal product because it is being used by consumers in a manner inconsistent with the manufacturer’s labeling. The product in question is just the latest in a long history of improvised substance abuse by consumers; in every instance the product in question is a legal product used inconsistently with the labeling.

I do not advocate substance abuse in any way, shape or form, but I do advocate civil liberties, personal freedoms and a personal understanding of our Constitution and the Bill of Rights. We as constituents to elected government simply cannot allow our leaders to react to hysteria by unilaterally (and unconstitutionally) banning legal products.

There is a system already in place (the Food and Drug Administration) that decides what is a controlled substance and what is not, and I think that this is one of those issues that should be handled by that agency, or at least by state government.

I sincerely hope that no taxpayer money is used to defend this flawed legislation when it eventually makes its way though the court system. However, I am a realist and I know that lawsuits have shaped our political system just as much as our legislators ever have.

DONALD W. CORAH Fort Wayne