社评0708 警长面对华裔市民

警长面对华裔市民

由于福建同乡会郑氏乡亲最近无辜被抢刼身中六枪，目前正在加护病房救治之中，此一不幸事件引起各界高度重视 。警长费尼週四晚上来到中华文化服务中心 ，面对华裔市民作了一次罕见的真诚交流。

费尼市长坦称，市府警察有严重短缺之现象，他希望大家能互相守望相助， 而治安是全市之问题，不止是中国城地区 。

如何应用911 紧急电话是个热门课题 ，警长表示， 除非是紧急状态， 否则大家要打311 来处理非紧急状态 ，以缓减警力之短缺。 他𠄘认专為裁减华埠警局之人手是因為警力不够， 大家都希望有二十四小时之驻警，但是无法做到。

 无可讳言， 这些匪徒对华埠下手， 他们知道华人常带现金 ，是他们下手之对象。

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我们非常感谢警长能亲临现场聆听大家之抱怨，这种亲民作风，令人感佩 。最重要的还是我们华人社区之觉醒， 唯有大家团结起来 ，才是解决治安问题之重要因素。

我们正在研讨如何组成民间企业义务自卫队 ，利用APP 报警系统， 联合商塲、 银行， 但治安人员相互支援来共同面对治安之挑战。

Police Chief Meets With The Chinese Community

Due to the recent robbery and shooting that injured Mr. Zheng, a member of the Houston Fujian Association, this tragedy has attracted great attention of many people from all walks of life.

Houston police Chief Finners came to  our community and had a rare, open and sincere exchange with many Chinese American citizens. 

The Police Chief admitted that there is a shortage of police officers and that the safety issue is city-wide problem, not just in Chinatown. 

How to use 911 was also a very big topic. The Chief said that unless a situation is a real emergency, everyone should call 311 to reduce the pressure on the police department. All the participants in the meeting wanted to know if the police department could have a Chinese-speaking line that could be available through a Chinatown station on a 24-hour a day basis.

We also discussed how to create an APP to let our people have a way to report active crimes. Also the possibility of organizing a citizen volunteer patrol in the area was discussed as an effective way to improve safety in our area.

We are very sad that this tragedy has happened in our community. This is the time we should all be really united to work with law enforcement to face our challenges together.