According to a study released by CQ Press, Orlando rates #17 in a list of crime rate rankings (Camden, NJ is #1). What I find interesting about this study is:
- We didn’t rank a higher crime rate in the nation
- We had the highest crime rate of any city in Florida.
So, in a way, WE’RE #1!
The next worst area in Florida is Miami Gardens (#35), Miami Beach (#42) and Miami (#45). We’re more fucked than Miami, folks. That’s quite an achievement. I’d like to say that we couldn’t have possibly done it without America’s first law enforcement power couple, the Demings. As Chief of Police and Sheriff, they’ve helped us step up to the highest crime rate in Florida. Well done, team!
Let’s be fair, I can’t lay all of that crime at their doorstep. Clearly, they had help. That help comes in the form of the MBI, the Orlando Mayor and City Council, the Orange County Major and County Commissioners, too. Every one of them played a part in our increasing crime rate.
What part did they play? My opinion is that it’s due to their pandering to the family friendly image they’d like to promote for Orlando. That’s why they’ve changed laws and harassed every adult entertainment business in the area. Without these places to blow off a little steam in a LEGAL manner, they’ve managed to drive that need underground into illegal activities. As a result, it’s been a boon to criminal enterprise in the area.
Our MBI wastes time and tax payer dollars staking out topless bars and massage parlors (it’s hard getting hand jobs at taxpaper expense). Our city & county officials regulate those businesses into crime-ridden areas and then complain how adult businesses attract crime. Just how do we end up hiring such incompetent people to run our government?
Police complain about guns on the streets, but yet they’re part of the problem. There’s an Orlando Police car that parks in my neighborhood every night (#7414) with both a shotgun and assault rifle visible inside. I was under the impression that it was against OPD policy to leave weapons inside a police vehicle overnight; at least that’s what the news reported when Val Demings’ weapon was stolen. I guess it’s one of those rules that doesn’t mean much – at least until someone breaks into the police car and steals the weapons.
Here’s what I think. Our local “authorities” have squeezed their grip so tight that adults have no place to go but to illegal activities to blow off some steam. We didn’t have a crime rate this high when you could get a lap dance and rub some tits in your face. We didn’t have this problem when your local massage parlor always had a happy ending.
I guess we’re still getting fucked, though.