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Widmyer: Public Safety Job 1 In ‘15

For Mayor Steve Widmyer and the Coeur d'Alene City Council, 2015 will be a year of challenging business and exciting developments. According to the mayor, public safety is the most important piece of business the city will continue to address in 2015. Widmyer said the arrival of Coeur d'Alene Police Chief Lee White has already brought about reductions in crime rates and is implementing policies that will further reduce them in the future. He said the challenge is in providing the police department with adequate manpower to keep crime rates low. More manpower means more funding, he said, and even though some longtime members of the force are retiring and helping the financing issue, more funds could be necessary/Keith Cousins, Coeur d'Alene Press. More here.

Question: Do you agree with Mayor Widmyer that public safety is Job 1 for the city of Coeur d'Alene in 2015?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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