Recently the City Council voted to send another request to our County legislative delegation to request annexation of I-575 into the city thereby giving police jurisdiction to the city's police department. Do you agree? Is the patrolling of the interstate highway the pervue of a municipal police department? Will it reduce crime in our city? Is it just a way for the department to make "high profile" cases ie drug busts etc.? Should the jurisdiction of Towne Lake Parkway be resolved first. A traffic accident on Towne Lake Parkway under I-575 currently requires the Sheriffs Department to respond even though the properties along TLP are in the city limits. Should this be resolved before the question of jurisdiction on the interstate is addressed? Should the city force patrol the interstate at all or should they focus on the downtown area, our businesses and our residential neighborhoods. Let us know what you think.
The courts took jurisdiction away for a reason. Lets stop wasting tax later money over this issue and allow Cherokee County Sheriff's Department do their job on 575. This small span of highway will not reduce crime. WPD needs to just worry about the items they currently handle.
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